The Association between Caring Behavior and Death Anxiety among Iranian Nurses Working in Covid-19 Wards
Introduction Nurses who are at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 have faced problems such as anxiety and stress due to the high contagiousness of this disease and the challenges of providing services to infected patients. Death anxiety and the resulting fear following the Covid-19 pandemic...
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| description | Introduction Nurses who are at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 have faced problems such as anxiety and stress due to the high contagiousness of this disease and the challenges of providing services to infected patients. Death anxiety and the resulting fear following the Covid-19 pandemic can affect caring behaviors and the quality of nursing care services. Objective The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the association between caring behaviors and death anxiety among Iranian nurses working in COVID-19 wards. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 in Tehran. The participants consisted of 233 nurses who were purposively selected from university hospitals in Iran. Data collection tools included Demographic Information Form, Death Anxiety Scale, and Caring Dimension Inventory (CDI-25). Data analysis was done using SPSS (version 16). Results Most of the participants were female (79.4%), had less than 5 years of work experience (50.6%), and had bachelor's degree (88.8%). Based on the results, the level of death anxiety among nurses was moderate (7.05 ± 3.85) and their caring behavior was at optimal level (103.03 ± 13.15). Among the subscales of caring behavior, physical-technical behaviors with mean of 46.43 ± 6.20 got the highest score, and unnecessary behaviors with mean of 4.39 ± 0.73 got the lowest score compared to other subscales. Based on data analysis findings, caring behavior and its dimensions had no significant correlation with nurses’ death anxiety ( p = 0.111). Conclusions Our results showed that despite having a moderate level of anxiety, nurses try to provide good care behaviors to patients with covid-19. However, reducing nurses’ anxiety can improve caring behaviors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d098f10d637242f3880eff6ac6a4d4462023-12-26T21:03:43ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open Nursing2377-96082023-12-01910.1177/23779608231219125The Association between Caring Behavior and Death Anxiety among Iranian Nurses Working in Covid-19 WardsNaiemeh Seyedfatemi PhD0Zahra Abbasi Msc1Raheleh Bahrami Msc2Zahra Siah Mansour Khorin Msc3 Nursing Care Research Center (NCRC), , Tehran, Iran Nursing Care Research Center (NCRC), , Tehran, Iran College of Nursing and Health Innovation, , Phoenix, Arizona, USA School of Nursing and Midwifery, , Tehran, IranIntroduction Nurses who are at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 have faced problems such as anxiety and stress due to the high contagiousness of this disease and the challenges of providing services to infected patients. Death anxiety and the resulting fear following the Covid-19 pandemic can affect caring behaviors and the quality of nursing care services. Objective The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the association between caring behaviors and death anxiety among Iranian nurses working in COVID-19 wards. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 in Tehran. The participants consisted of 233 nurses who were purposively selected from university hospitals in Iran. Data collection tools included Demographic Information Form, Death Anxiety Scale, and Caring Dimension Inventory (CDI-25). Data analysis was done using SPSS (version 16). Results Most of the participants were female (79.4%), had less than 5 years of work experience (50.6%), and had bachelor's degree (88.8%). Based on the results, the level of death anxiety among nurses was moderate (7.05 ± 3.85) and their caring behavior was at optimal level (103.03 ± 13.15). Among the subscales of caring behavior, physical-technical behaviors with mean of 46.43 ± 6.20 got the highest score, and unnecessary behaviors with mean of 4.39 ± 0.73 got the lowest score compared to other subscales. Based on data analysis findings, caring behavior and its dimensions had no significant correlation with nurses’ death anxiety ( p = 0.111). Conclusions Our results showed that despite having a moderate level of anxiety, nurses try to provide good care behaviors to patients with covid-19. However, reducing nurses’ anxiety can improve caring behaviors.https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608231219125 |
| spellingShingle | Naiemeh Seyedfatemi PhD Zahra Abbasi Msc Raheleh Bahrami Msc Zahra Siah Mansour Khorin Msc The Association between Caring Behavior and Death Anxiety among Iranian Nurses Working in Covid-19 Wards SAGE Open Nursing |
| title | The Association between Caring Behavior and Death Anxiety among Iranian Nurses Working in Covid-19 Wards |
| title_full | The Association between Caring Behavior and Death Anxiety among Iranian Nurses Working in Covid-19 Wards |
| title_fullStr | The Association between Caring Behavior and Death Anxiety among Iranian Nurses Working in Covid-19 Wards |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Association between Caring Behavior and Death Anxiety among Iranian Nurses Working in Covid-19 Wards |
| title_short | The Association between Caring Behavior and Death Anxiety among Iranian Nurses Working in Covid-19 Wards |
| title_sort | association between caring behavior and death anxiety among iranian nurses working in covid 19 wards |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608231219125 |
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