We aimed to examine the relation between the fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety and burnout of intensive carenurses. This cross-sectional and descriptive research was conducted with 116 intensive care nurses. The data were obtained with a web-based questionnaire created with the “Descriptive Information Form”, “COVID-19 Fear Scale”, “Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale Short Form” and “Burnout Short Version”. A significant positive correlation was found between depression (r = 0.498, p < .001), anxiety (r = 0.633, p < .001), stress (r = 0.589, p < .001) and burnout (r = 0.299, p = .001) levels of intensive care nurses with a mean age of 30.18 ± 6.55 with the help of the “COVID-19 Fear Scale”. It was determined that the mental health of intensive care nurses was at risk and they reached the level of burnout. Intensive care nurses should be supported in understanding the symptoms of psychological problems and in stress management, personal and professional self-care. Receiving professional mental health support when necessary.
AhorsuD. K.LinC. Y.ImaniV.SaffariM.GriffithsM. D.PakpourA. H. (2022). The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and initial validation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 20(3), 1537-1545. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8
2.
AkalınB.ModanlıoğluA. (2021). Covid-19 sürecinde yoğun bakımda çalışan sağlık profesyonellerinin duygu-durum ve tükenmişlik düzeylerinin değerlendirilmesi. AcıbademUniv. Sağlık Bilim. Derg, 12(2), 346–352. https://doi.org/10.31067/acusaglik.850978
3.
ArpaciogluM. S.BaltaciZ.UnubolB. (2021). Burnout, fear of Covid, depression, occupational satisfaction levels and related factors in healthcare professionals in the COVID-19 pandemic. Cukurova Medical Journal, 46(1), 88–100. https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.785609
4.
ChoiKR.Skrine JeffersK.LogsdonMC. (2020). Nursing and the novel coronavirus: Risks and responsibilities in a global outbreak. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(7), 1486–1487. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14369
HachisuT.SuzukiK. (2018). Tactile apparent motion through human-human physical touch. Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications, 163-174. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93445-7_15
7.
HuangJ. Z.HanM. F.LuoT. D.RenA. K.ZhouX. P. (2020a). Mental health survey of 230 medical staff in a tertiary infectious disease hospital for COVID-19. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi, 38(3), 192–195. https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20200219-00063
8.
HuangC.WangY.LiX.RenL.ZhaoJ.HuY.ZhangL.FanG.XuJ.GuX.ChengZ.YuT.XiaJ.WeiY.WuW.XieX.YinW.LiH.LiuM.CaoB. (2020b). Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Lancet, 395(10223), 497–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5
9.
HuangH.XiaY.ZengX.LüA. (2022). Prevalence of depression and depressive symptoms among intensive care nurses: A meta-analysis. Nursing in Critical Care, Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12734
10.
JunJ.TuckerS.MelnykB. (2020). Clinician mental health and well-being during global healthcare crises: Evidence learned from prior epidemics for COVID-19 pandemic. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs, 17(3), 182–184. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12439
11.
KangL.MaS.ChenM.YangJ.WangY.LiR.YaoL.BaiH.CaiZ.Xiang YangB.HuS.ZhangK.WangG.MaC.LiuZ. (2020). Impact on mental health and perceptions of psychological care among medical and nursing staff in Wuhan during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease outbreak: A cross-sectional study. Brain Behav Immun, 87(■■■), 11–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.03.028
12.
LaiJ.MaS.WangY.CaiZ.HuJ.WeiN.WuJ.DuH.ChenT.LiR.TanH.KangL.YaoL.HuangM.WangH.WangG.LiuZ.HuS. (2020). Factors associated with mental health outcomes among health care workers exposed to Coronavirus disease 2019. JAMA Netw Open, 3(3), Article e203976. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3976
13.
LiJ.ZhangY.LiL.YiW.HaoY.BiY. (2021). Predictive analysis of factors influencing depression status of nurses in the COVID-19 pandemic intensive care unit. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12(■■■), 596428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.596428
14.
LiZ.GeJ.YangM.FengJ.QiaoM.JiangR.BiJ.ZhanG.XuX.WangL.ZhouQ.ZhouC.PanY.LiuS.ZhangH.ZhuB.HuY.HashimotoK.YangC. (2020). Vicarious traumatization in the general public, members, and non-members of medical teams aiding in COVID-19 Control. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 88, 916-919. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.29.20029322
15.
LiewM. F.SiowW. T.MacLarenG.SeeK. C. (2020). Preparing for COVID-19: Early experience from an intensive care unit in Singapore. Critical Care, 24(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-2814-x
16.
LovibondP. F.LovibondS. H. (1995). The structure of negative emotional states: Comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 33(3), 335-343. https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(94)00075-U
MaridorM.RuchS.BangerterA.EmeryV. (2017). Skepticism toward emerging infectious diseases and influenza vaccination intentions in nurses. Journal of Health Community, 22(5), 386–394. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2017.1296509
19.
PedrazzaM.BerlandaS.TrifilettiE.MinuzzoS. (2018). Variables of individual difference and the experience of touch in nursing. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 40(11), 1614–1637. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945917705621
20.
PinesA. M.AronsonE. (1988). Career burnout. New York: Free Press.
21.
PinesA. M.KeinanG. (2005). Stress and Burnout: The significant difference. Personality and Individual Differences, 39, 625-635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2005.02.009
22.
SarıçamH. (2018). Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). Journal of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy and Research, 7(1), 19-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2018.1442558
23.
SaticiB.Gocet-TekinE.DenizM. E.SaticiS. A. (2020). Adaptation of the FEAR of COVID-19 scale: Its association with psychological distress and life satisfaction in Turkey. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, ■■■(■■■), ■■■. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00294-0
24.
SheJ.JiangJ.YeL.HuL.BaiC.SongY. (2020). 2019 novel coronavirus of pneumonia in Wuhan, China: Emerging attack and management strategies. Clinical and Translational Medicine, 9(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40169-020-00271-z
SmithG. D.NgF.LiW. H. C. (2020). COVID-19: Emerging compassion, courage and resilience in the face of misinformation and adversity. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(9-10), 1425-1428. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15231
27.
TumkayaS.CamS.CavusogluI. (2009). Tükenmi̇şli̇k Ölçeği̇ Kısa Versi̇yonu’nun türkçe’ye uyarlama, geçerli̇k ve güveni̇rli̇k çalışmasıCukurova Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitusu Dergisi, 18(1), 387–398. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/cusosbil/issue/4381/60117
28.
TürkmenE. (2016). Hemşire istihdamının hasta ve hemşire sonuçları ile organizasyonel çıktılara etkisi: Yataklı tedavi kurumlarında hemşire insan gücünü planlama. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Dergisi, 2(3), 69–80. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/hunhemsire/issue/7860/332136
29.
World Health Organization (2020). WHO announces COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. WHO.
30.
WuG.FangX.WuL.LuL.KanX.WangH. (2020). Analysis on mental health status and needs of health care workers in designated medical institutions of tuberculosis during the epidemic period of COVID-19. Europe PMC, Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-22402/v1
31.
YanYE.TuraleS.StoneT.PetriniM. (2015). Disaster nursing skills, knowledge and attitudes required in earthquake relief: Implications for nursing education. Int Nurs Rev, 62(3), 351–359. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12175
