Personal success, body and mental strength and confidence of nurses and specialists working during the COVID-19

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 epidemic has had a tremendous impact on the health system, increasing the risk of psychological distress among health professionals. Burnout nurses is a chronic interpersonal stress are characterized by three dimensions: long-term emotional exhaustion, disability, and personal success. Epidemiological data on the mental health status of front-line nurses remain limited. Aim: Our study aims to identify resilience, and related factors among nurses and health workers frontline care to patients at the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods: Correlation design was used to determine the performance, physical and mental strength, and confidence in COVID-19 resilience of nurses and health workers during the COVID-19 epidemic. The sample size included 82 nurses and specialists working in the emergency department, outpatient department, clinical pathology laboratory, imaging center, sterilization department, and isolation unit, who are in the forefront. We used standard questionnaire Maslach's fatigue syndrome and Connor-Davidson's endurance scale, participants were given informed consent. Data collection was used by web-based Google form of the selected participants. The survey data was processed using SPSS21 software. Results: The study involved 9(11%) male and 34(89%) female nurses and health workers mean age was 34.5±1.05 years. The correlation method used to determine the relationship between job success, physical and mental strength, and COVID-19 endurance confidence r=.328, p=0.003, which means that the level of positive correlation between job success and mental strength is moderate. Study participant’s job success has a positive correlation with confidence r=.012 or a weak correlation level. To determine the relationship between the departments in which the profession operates, r=.246, p=0.02, which is a positive correlation or a weak level. Marital status and child status are positively correlated with r=.515, p=0.001, and the rate is strong. Conclusions: The results of the study show that the level of positive correlation between job success and physical and mental strength is moderate. In addition, job success is positively correlated with confidence, or weak in terms of correlation. In addition, the administration needs to have a positive attitude and good organization with employees who are at the frontline of providing healthy jobs and reducing the epidemic.