Kontakt 2022, 24(3):205-211 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2022.022

Factors affecting nurses' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemicNursing - Original article

Mária Šupínová1, *, Júlia Jankovičová1, 2, Oľga Jarabicová3, Lukasz Rypicz4, Izabela Witczak4
1 Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Faculty of Health, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic
2 Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Faculty of Nursing and Professional Health Studies, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
3 Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Faculty of Health Studies, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
4 Wroclaw Medical University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Population Health, Division of Public Health, Wroclaw, Poland

Introduction: Health care workers, especially nurses, may be exposed to increased psychological stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To determine how the increased demands on health care delivery associated with the coronavirus crisis affect the level of psychological stress and quality of life of nurses in different workplaces.

Methods: A cross-sectional exploratory study of mental health in 504 nurses. The standardized SF-36 questionnaire and Meister's questionnaire for neuropsychological strain were used.

Results: The overload and monotony scales are significantly (p < 0.05) and negatively (r < 0) correlated with quality of life in each of the domains. The total load is significantly (p < 0.05) and negatively (r < 0) correlated with quality of life in each of the domains. The age of respondents is significantly (p < 0.05) and positively (r < 0) correlated with quality of life in the domains of Vitality, Mental Health, and Mental Component Summary, and negatively (r > 0) correlated with quality of life in the domains of Physical Functioning, Bodily Pain, General Health, and Physical Component Summary. Men handled the stress significantly better. Stress levels were significantly higher in the group of respondents working in intensive care units and in primary care.

Conclusions: The increased demands on health care delivery associated with the coronavirus crisis had a negative impact on the level of psychological load and the quality of life of nurses. Worse results were found in nurses working in intensive care units and in primary care.

Keywords: COVID-19; Neuropsychological stress; Nurse; Quality of life
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The article was published with the support of the IGA UJEP Ústí nad Labem project.

Conflicts of interest:

The authors have no conflict of interests to declare.

Received: April 20, 2022; Revised: August 8, 2022; Accepted: September 8, 2022; Prepublished online: September 12, 2022; Published: October 5, 2022  Show citation

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Šupínová M, Jankovičová J, Jarabicová O, Rypicz L, Witczak I. Factors affecting nurses' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kontakt. 2022;24(3):205-211. doi: 10.32725/kont.2022.022.
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