Investigating Nurses Stress Response Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
COVID -19 pandemic
Stressful situations
strategies
Journal
Materia socio-medica
ISSN: 1512-7680
Titre abrégé: Mater Sociomed
Pays: Bosnia and Herzegovina
ID NLM: 101281595
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2021
Sep 2021
Historique:
received:
28
07
2021
accepted:
24
09
2021
entrez:
11
11
2021
pubmed:
12
11
2021
medline:
12
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Stress response strategies are a conscious effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, aiming to minimize stress. The aim of this study is to investigate the stress response strategies of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample consisted of 550 Greek nurses working in Greece and other European countries (460 women and 90 men). Ways of Coping was used as the data collection tool. Participants were invited to complete the questionnaire via online GOOGLE FORMS. The statistical processing was carried out using a descriptive and inferential analysis via the statistical package for Social Science (SPSS v.21). Analysis of the results shows a statistically significant difference between the two genders in the questionnaire's subscales "Search for social support" (Women=1.88, Men=1.57, p<0.001) and "Wishful Thinking" (Women=1.76, Men=1.51, p <0. Also, there was a statistically significant difference in terms of country of work regarding the following subscales: 'Search for social support' (Greece=1.85, Outside Greece=1.67, p=0.019), 'Wishful Thinking' (Greece=1.74, Outside Greece=1.51, p=0.005) and 'Problem Solving Assertion' (Greece=1.39, Outside Greece=1.13, p=0.001). Stress response strategies for nurses are fundamental in addressing the difficult situations and conditions they face due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Stress response strategies are a conscious effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, aiming to minimize stress.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is to investigate the stress response strategies of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
METHODS
METHODS
The sample consisted of 550 Greek nurses working in Greece and other European countries (460 women and 90 men). Ways of Coping was used as the data collection tool. Participants were invited to complete the questionnaire via online GOOGLE FORMS. The statistical processing was carried out using a descriptive and inferential analysis via the statistical package for Social Science (SPSS v.21).
RESULTS
RESULTS
Analysis of the results shows a statistically significant difference between the two genders in the questionnaire's subscales "Search for social support" (Women=1.88, Men=1.57, p<0.001) and "Wishful Thinking" (Women=1.76, Men=1.51, p <0. Also, there was a statistically significant difference in terms of country of work regarding the following subscales: 'Search for social support' (Greece=1.85, Outside Greece=1.67, p=0.019), 'Wishful Thinking' (Greece=1.74, Outside Greece=1.51, p=0.005) and 'Problem Solving Assertion' (Greece=1.39, Outside Greece=1.13, p=0.001).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Stress response strategies for nurses are fundamental in addressing the difficult situations and conditions they face due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34759772
doi: 10.5455/msm.2021.33.168-173
pii: MSM-33-168
pmc: PMC8563045
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
168-173Informations de copyright
© 2021 Stiliani Kotrotsiou, Dimitrios Theofanidis, Maria Malliarou, Zoe Konstanti, Pavlos Sarafis, Georgios Tsioumanis, Theodosios Paralikas.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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