Effect of Covid 19 on Critical Care Nurses' Physical, Social and Psychological Wellbeing | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 31, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 441-456 PDF (213.2 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.200304 | ||
| Author | ||
| Fayza Ahmed Abdou Mohammed Komsan | ||
| Assistant professor .Critical Care and Emergency Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has become a global health emergency. This disease is affecting the health of general population and causing severe physical, psychological and social distress in healthcare workers. Aim: assess the effect of COVID 19 on critical care nurses' physical, social and psychological wellbeing. Design: descriptive research design. Research questions: What are the effects of COVID 19 on critical care nurses' physical, social and psychological wellbeing? Setting: trauma care unit and general intensive care unit of Assuit Main University hospital in Egypt. Subject: A convenience sample of 100 critical care nurses. Tools: "COVID 19 Assessment Questionnaire" to assess the effect of COVID 19 on critical care nurses' physical and social. Depression, Anxiety and Stress scale (DASS-21) to assess the effect of COVID 19 on critical care nurses' psychological wellbeing. Results: the majority of critical care nurses worried about to be infected and infections of their families, suffer from long term fatigue and disturbed social life. More than half of critical care nurses provide care for patient with COVID -19 suffer from stress and anxiety. Conclusion: Critical care nurses who caring directly for patients with COVID-19 higher risk of exposure to the virus infection and a greater physical, social and psychological impact. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Coronavirus (COVID-19); Physical; Social; Psychological; critical care nurses | ||
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