INVESTİGATİON OF ANXİETY STATUS OF NURSES TAKİNG CARE OF PATİENTS WİTH COVİD-19

Abstract

Backround: Healthcare professionals are more exposed to emotional stress factors in service delivery, increased workload, moral dilemmas, greatly differentiation of familiar practices, staying at the center of a rapidly developing practice environment. These situation burden their mental health and cause emergence of anxiety and depressive symptoms. [Abstract Not Available] Purpose: The purpose of this study is investigation of anxiety levels that may develop in the psychological conditions of nurses working in Covid-19 clinics, to take precautions in line with the results and to create a basis for nurses to overcome the process more easily in new epidemics. [Abstract Not Available] Methods: Nurses work in the Covid-19 Quarantine clinic from Kırıkkale (N= 220), İstanbul (N= 200) and Ankara (N= 133) were included in the studybetween June 2020 and August 2020. A questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics and a 21-item multiple-choice Beck Anxiety Scale (BAI) were used. Datas were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA) statistical package program. [Abstract Not Available] Results: The anxiety levels were were statistically significantly higher in Ankara and Istanbul than Kırıkkale (p<0.001). It was determined that the average anxiety score in Kırıkkale province was 32 points, the average anxiety score in Ankara was 40 points, the average anxiety score in Istanbul was 33 points, and the anxiety level in all three provinces was found to be severe. [Abstract Not Available] Conclusions/ Implications for Practice: As a conclusions, the Covid-19 pandemic caused high anxiety in nurses. In order to make improvements in the health service provision of nurses who work with high devotion, it can be aimed to reduce anxiety rates in case of possible new epidemics or worsening of the current pandemic process, based on national and international standards. For improvements, informations should made about ways to cope with stress psychologically by using media and social media. Evidence-based psychological health services should provided for those working in workplaces