The association between fear of COVID-19 and mental health: The mediating roles of burnout and job stress among emergency nursing staff
2022 (English)In: Nursing Open, E-ISSN 2054-1058, Vol. 9, no 2, p. 1147-1154
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Sustainable development
Sustainable Development
Abstract [en]
Aim: This current study examined the mediation roles of burnout and job stress in the association between fear of COVID-19 and mental health among emergency nurses.
Design: Cross-sectional survey. Design: Cross-sectional survey.
Methods: A total of 516 emergency nurses with a mean age of 41.18 (SD = 8.24), mostly females (76.16%) and married (78.9%) responded to measures on fear of COVID-19, burnout, job stress and mental health between 15 September and 7 November 2020.
Results: There was a significantly direct effect between (a) fear of COVID-19 and mental health, (b) fear of COVID-19 and mediators (burnout and job stress) and (c) mediators (burnout and job stress) and mental health. Also, there was a significantly indirect effect between fear of COVID-19 and mental health through job stress, burnout or both.
Conclusions: Fear of COVID-19 directly and indirectly influenced the mental health of emergency nurses. Therefore, hospital authorities should provide sufficient resources to allay the fears of nurses during this COVID-19 pandemic period.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2022. Vol. 9, no 2, p. 1147-1154
Keywords [en]
burnout, fear of COVID-19, job stress, mediation, mental health, nurse
National Category
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-55357DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1154ISI: 000728133100001PubMedID: 34881522Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85120793410Local ID: GOA;intsam;784754OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-55357DiVA, id: diva2:1620626
Note
Special Section: Building Consensus for Excellence in Adult Nursing.
2021-12-162021-12-162025-02-20Bibliographically approved