Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Nurses in China: A Nationwide Survey During the Outbreak

Overview

Journal Front Psychiatry

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2020 Dec 28

PMID 33362609

Citations 15

Authors

Yan Liu

Youlin Long

Yifan Cheng

Qiong Guo

Liu Yang

Yifei Lin

Yu Cao

Lei Ye

Yan Jiang

Ka Li

Kun Tian

Xiaoming A

Cheng Sun

Fang Zhang

Xiaoxia Song

Ga Liao

Jin Huang

Liang Du

Affiliations

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is a major public health issue and challenge to health professionals. In similar epidemics, nurses experienced more distress than other providers. We surveyed both on-duty nurses caring for infected patients and second-line nurses caring for uninfected patients from Hubei and other provinces throughout China. We received completed surveys from 1,364 nurses from 22 provinces: 658 front-line and 706 second-line nurses. The median (IQR) GHQ-28 score of all nurses was 17 (IQR 11-24). The overall incidence of mild-to-moderate distress (GHQ score > 5) was 28%; that for severe distress (GHQ score > 11) was 6%. The incidence of mild-to-moderate distress in the second-line nurses was higher than that in the front-line nurses (31 vs. 25%; OR, 0.74; 95 CI, 0.58-0.94). Living alone (OR, 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44-0.86) and feeling supported (OR, 0.82, 95% CI, 0.74-0.90) independently predicted lower anxiety. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the psychological problems of all nurses were generally serious. The interviewed second-line nurses face more serious issues than the front-line nurses.

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