Nurses’ Psychological Resilience Levels and Family Role Performances during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive and Correlational Study

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 112 - 122, 17.04.2023

Hakan Çelik , Mümin Savaş , Ömer Ödek , Handan Zincir

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.1016338

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the psychological resilience and family role performances of nurses who worked in a hospital pandemic during COVID-19.
Methods: This study was descriptive and correlational. The study sample consisted of 318 nurses working in a tertiary state hospital in Kayseri. Data were collected using by “Socio-Demographic Form”, “Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale”, and “Family Role Performance Scale”. After the normal distribution analysis of the data, SPSS 22.0 was used for descriptive and advanced analysis, and Lisrel 8.71 program was used for structural equation modeling.
Results: As a result of the structural equation model, it was found that the psychological resilience of nurses had a significant 0.61 effect on family role performance (p<0.01). It was found that the psychological resilience score of the nurses was higher and statistically significantly different in males, married, having children, and not having any fear of infection (p<0.05). The family role performance scores of the nurses were higher and statistically significantly different in those who did not have close contact with the patient with COVID-19, those who received isolation training, and those who see their families every day (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the results, the psychological resilience levels of participants nurses were high, their family role performances were moderate, and psychological resilience had a significant effect on family role performance. Therefore, nurses should maintain work and life balance during the pandemic and protect positive expectations and goals for life in the face of painful experiences.

Keywords

COVID-19, nurse, family role performance, psychological resilience

Thanks

The authors thank all the nurses who agreed to participate in the study during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Salgınında Hemşirelerin Psikolojik Sağlamlıkları ve Aile Rol Performansları: Tanımlayıcı ve İlişki Arayıcı Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, COVID-19 salgını sırasında bir pandemi hastanesinde çalışan hemşirelerin psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeylerini ve aile rol performanslarını değerlendirmeyi amaçlamıştır.
Yöntem: Bu çalışma, tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı çalışmadır. Araştırmanın örneklemi Türkiye'de Kayseri ilinde yer alan üçüncü basamak bir devlet hastanesinde çalışan 318 hemşireden oluşmuştur. Veriler “Sosyo-Demografik Form”, “Connor-Davidson Psikolojik Sağlamlık Ölçeği” ve “Aile Rol Performansı Ölçeği” kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Verilerin normal dağılım analizinden sonra tanımlayıcı ve ileri analizini yapmak için SPSS 22.0, yapısal eşitlik modeli için Lisrel 8.71 programı kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Yapısal eşitlik modeli sonucunda hemşirelerin psikolojik sağlamlığının, aile rol performansı üzerinde 0.61’lik anlamlı etkisi olduğu bulunmuştur (p<0.01). Hemşirelerin psikolojik sağlamlık puanı erkeklerde, evli olanlarda, çocuk sahibi olanlarda ve virüs bulaşma endişesi olmayanlarda daha yüksek ve istatiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık gösterdiği bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Hemşirelerde aile rol performansı puanlarının COVID-19’lu hastaya yakın temasta bulunmayanlarda, izolasyon eğitimi alanlarda ve ailesiyle her gün görüşenlerde yüksek ve istatiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık gösterdiği görülmüştür (p<0.05).
Sonuç: Araştırma sonucunda hemşirelerin psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeylerinin yüksek, aile rol performanslarının orta düzeyde olduğu ve psikolojik dayanıklılığın aile rol performansı üzerinde anlamlı bir etkisi olduğu bulundu. Hemşireler salgın döneminde iş ve yaşam dengesini sağlamalı, acı verici deneyimler karşısında yaşam için olumlu beklentileri ve hedefleri korumalıdır.

Keywords

COVID-19, hemşire, aile rol performansı, psikolojik sağlamlık

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