Psychological effects of COVID 19 pandemic on nurses deployed in high risk units: A multicentre observational study

Introduction: Novel coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic continues to rage the world with enormous economic loss, sickness, and deaths. In management of infectious diseases, nurses play crucial roles in rendering care to patients by risking their own lives, going beyond their training and capacities. F...

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Main Authors: Aijaz Ahmad, Rashmi Chakraborty, Sunil Goyal, Amul Kapoor, Sonia Sidhharth, Parvaiz Ahmad
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Marine Medical Society
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Online Access:http://www.marinemedicalsociety.in/article.asp?issn=0975-3605;year=2022;volume=24;issue=3;spage=18;epage=24;aulast=Ahmad
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Rashmi Chakraborty
Sunil Goyal
Amul Kapoor
Sonia Sidhharth
Parvaiz Ahmad
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description Introduction: Novel coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic continues to rage the world with enormous economic loss, sickness, and deaths. In management of infectious diseases, nurses play crucial roles in rendering care to patients by risking their own lives, going beyond their training and capacities. Frontline nurses are vulnerable for the development of diagnosable and subclinical psychological problems most often triggered with deaths of colleagues, exposure to the mass scale of deaths, perceived inability to save lives despite best efforts, lack of social supports, shift duties, and working in high-risk environment. Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the depression, anxiety, and stress among nurses working in COVID wards versus non-COVID wards. Materials and Methods: A multicenter observational study was done among 176 frontline nurses from seven different referral government hospitals. Psychological ailments were measured on validated instruments of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-42 items (DASS-42) and Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10). Results: Using SPSS version 23.0, data were analyzed using Pearson's Chi-square test, with P < 0.055 being considered statistically significant. On PSS, perceived stress was high in 75% of COVID ward nurses and 67% of non-COVID ward ones. On DASS-42 scale, depression, anxiety, and stress levels among nurses in the COVID-19 wards were 21.64% (n = 21), 32.98% (n = 32), and 20.61% (n = 20) compared to 17.72% (n = 14), 24.05% (n = 19), and 15.18%, (n = 12) in the non-COVID wards, respectively. Conclusions: The amount of reported stress, anxiety, and depression was higher in both groups of nurses, i.e., those working in COVID-19 wards and general wards as compared to general population.
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spelling doaj.art-f8385e467d44483f9fe937c4606ac1522022-12-22T03:31:25ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Marine Medical Society0975-36052022-01-01243182410.4103/jmms.jmms_101_21Psychological effects of COVID 19 pandemic on nurses deployed in high risk units: A multicentre observational studyAijaz AhmadRashmi ChakrabortySunil GoyalAmul KapoorSonia SidhharthParvaiz AhmadIntroduction: Novel coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic continues to rage the world with enormous economic loss, sickness, and deaths. In management of infectious diseases, nurses play crucial roles in rendering care to patients by risking their own lives, going beyond their training and capacities. Frontline nurses are vulnerable for the development of diagnosable and subclinical psychological problems most often triggered with deaths of colleagues, exposure to the mass scale of deaths, perceived inability to save lives despite best efforts, lack of social supports, shift duties, and working in high-risk environment. Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the depression, anxiety, and stress among nurses working in COVID wards versus non-COVID wards. Materials and Methods: A multicenter observational study was done among 176 frontline nurses from seven different referral government hospitals. Psychological ailments were measured on validated instruments of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-42 items (DASS-42) and Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10). Results: Using SPSS version 23.0, data were analyzed using Pearson's Chi-square test, with P < 0.055 being considered statistically significant. On PSS, perceived stress was high in 75% of COVID ward nurses and 67% of non-COVID ward ones. On DASS-42 scale, depression, anxiety, and stress levels among nurses in the COVID-19 wards were 21.64% (n = 21), 32.98% (n = 32), and 20.61% (n = 20) compared to 17.72% (n = 14), 24.05% (n = 19), and 15.18%, (n = 12) in the non-COVID wards, respectively. Conclusions: The amount of reported stress, anxiety, and depression was higher in both groups of nurses, i.e., those working in COVID-19 wards and general wards as compared to general population.http://www.marinemedicalsociety.in/article.asp?issn=0975-3605;year=2022;volume=24;issue=3;spage=18;epage=24;aulast=Ahmadanxietycovid-19depressionnursespsychological effectsstress
spellingShingle Aijaz Ahmad
Rashmi Chakraborty
Sunil Goyal
Amul Kapoor
Sonia Sidhharth
Parvaiz Ahmad
Psychological effects of COVID 19 pandemic on nurses deployed in high risk units: A multicentre observational study
Journal of Marine Medical Society
anxiety
covid-19
depression
nurses
psychological effects
stress
title Psychological effects of COVID 19 pandemic on nurses deployed in high risk units: A multicentre observational study
title_full Psychological effects of COVID 19 pandemic on nurses deployed in high risk units: A multicentre observational study
title_fullStr Psychological effects of COVID 19 pandemic on nurses deployed in high risk units: A multicentre observational study
title_full_unstemmed Psychological effects of COVID 19 pandemic on nurses deployed in high risk units: A multicentre observational study
title_short Psychological effects of COVID 19 pandemic on nurses deployed in high risk units: A multicentre observational study
title_sort psychological effects of covid 19 pandemic on nurses deployed in high risk units a multicentre observational study
topic anxiety
covid-19
depression
nurses
psychological effects
stress
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