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Investigation of the Relationship Between Coronaphobia and Compliance with Isolation Precautions of Nurses in Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
COVID-19 Pandemisi ile Mücadelede Hemşirelerin İzolasyon Önlemlerine Uyumu ile Koronafobi Arasındaki İlişkinin Araştırılması: Kesitsel Çalışma
Turkiye Klinikleri J Nurs Sci. 2023;15(1):172-82
doi: 10.5336/nurses.2022-92439
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ABSTRACT
Objective: This study aimed to investigate of the relationship between coronaphobia and compliance with isolation precautions of nurses on the front line in the fight combating coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted via a web-based questionnaire with 614 nurses working in the pandemic wards from July to November 2020. Data were obtained by using the Personal Information Form, the COVID-19 Phobia Scale, and the Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale. Results: The average age of the nurses was 28.13±5.32 years and 71.2% of them were women. The COVID-19 Phobia Scale mean score of the participants was found to be 55.15±13.26, and the mean score of the Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale was 74.18±9.64. Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale total mean scores of the nurses were found to be significantly positively associated with psychological subscale scores (p <0.001) on COVID-19 Phobia Scale; and significantly negatively associated with psycho-somatic sub-scale scores (p<0.001) and economic sub-scale scores (p<0.001). However, no statistically significant association was found between the COVID-19 Phobia Scale total mean scores and the Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale total mean scores of the nurses (p=0.084). Conclusion: This study showed that there was no relationship between nurses' coronavirus phobia and compliance with isolation measures. However, as nurses' psychological phobia related to coronavirus increased, their compliance with isolation measures increased, and as their psychosomatic and economic phobias increased, their compliance with isolation measures decreased.
Keywords: COVID-19; isolation; nursing; pandemics; phobia
Objective: This study aimed to investigate of the relationship between coronaphobia and compliance with isolation precautions of nurses on the front line in the fight combating coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted via a web-based questionnaire with 614 nurses working in the pandemic wards from July to November 2020. Data were obtained by using the Personal Information Form, the COVID-19 Phobia Scale, and the Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale. Results: The average age of the nurses was 28.13±5.32 years and 71.2% of them were women. The COVID-19 Phobia Scale mean score of the participants was found to be 55.15±13.26, and the mean score of the Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale was 74.18±9.64. Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale total mean scores of the nurses were found to be significantly positively associated with psychological subscale scores (p <0.001) on COVID-19 Phobia Scale; and significantly negatively associated with psycho-somatic sub-scale scores (p<0.001) and economic sub-scale scores (p<0.001). However, no statistically significant association was found between the COVID-19 Phobia Scale total mean scores and the Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale total mean scores of the nurses (p=0.084). Conclusion: This study showed that there was no relationship between nurses' coronavirus phobia and compliance with isolation measures. However, as nurses' psychological phobia related to coronavirus increased, their compliance with isolation measures increased, and as their psychosomatic and economic phobias increased, their compliance with isolation measures decreased.
Keywords: COVID-19; isolation; nursing; pandemics; phobia
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Amaç: Bu çalışmada, COVID-19 pandemisi ile mücadelede ön saflarda yer alan hemşirelerin izolasyon önlemlerine uyumları ile koronafobi arasındaki ilişkinin araştırılması amaçlandı. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu kesitsel çalışma, Temmuz-Kasım 2020 tarihleri arasında pandemi servislerinde çalışan 614 hemşire ile web tabanlı anket aracılığıyla yapıldı. Veriler, Kişisel Bilgi Formu, COVID-19 Fobisi Ölçeği ve İzolasyon Önlemlerine Uyum Ölçeği kullanılarak elde edildi. Bulgular: Hemşirelerin yaş ortalaması 28,13±5,32 olup %71,2'si kadındır. Katılımcıların COVID-19 Fobisi Ölçeği puan ortalaması 55,15±13,26, İzolasyon Önlemlerine Uyum Ölçeği puanı ortalaması 74,18±9,64 olarak bulundu. Hemşirelerin İzolasyon Tedbirlerine Uyum Ölçeği toplam puan ortalamaları ile COVID-19 Fobisi Ölçeği psikolojik alt ölçek puanları (p <0.001); psiko-somatik alt ölçek puanları (p<0.001) ve ekonomik alt ölçek puanları (p<0.001) ile anlamlı derecede negatif ilişkilidir. Ancak hemşirelerin COVID19 Fobisi Ölçeği toplam puan ortalamaları ile İzolasyon Önlemlerine Uyum Ölçeği toplam puan ortalamaları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmadı (p=0,084). Sonuç: Bu çalışma, hemşirelerin koronavirüs fobisi ile izolasyon önlemlerine uyum arasında bir ilişki olmadığını göstermektedir. Ancak hemşirelerin koronavirüse bağlı psikolojik fobileri arttıkça izolasyon tedbirlerine uyumları artmakta, psikosomatik ve ekonomik fobileri arttıkça izolasyon tedbirlerine uyumları azalmaktadır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19; fobi; hemşirelik; izolasyon; pandemi
Amaç: Bu çalışmada, COVID-19 pandemisi ile mücadelede ön saflarda yer alan hemşirelerin izolasyon önlemlerine uyumları ile koronafobi arasındaki ilişkinin araştırılması amaçlandı. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu kesitsel çalışma, Temmuz-Kasım 2020 tarihleri arasında pandemi servislerinde çalışan 614 hemşire ile web tabanlı anket aracılığıyla yapıldı. Veriler, Kişisel Bilgi Formu, COVID-19 Fobisi Ölçeği ve İzolasyon Önlemlerine Uyum Ölçeği kullanılarak elde edildi. Bulgular: Hemşirelerin yaş ortalaması 28,13±5,32 olup %71,2'si kadındır. Katılımcıların COVID-19 Fobisi Ölçeği puan ortalaması 55,15±13,26, İzolasyon Önlemlerine Uyum Ölçeği puanı ortalaması 74,18±9,64 olarak bulundu. Hemşirelerin İzolasyon Tedbirlerine Uyum Ölçeği toplam puan ortalamaları ile COVID-19 Fobisi Ölçeği psikolojik alt ölçek puanları (p <0.001); psiko-somatik alt ölçek puanları (p<0.001) ve ekonomik alt ölçek puanları (p<0.001) ile anlamlı derecede negatif ilişkilidir. Ancak hemşirelerin COVID19 Fobisi Ölçeği toplam puan ortalamaları ile İzolasyon Önlemlerine Uyum Ölçeği toplam puan ortalamaları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmadı (p=0,084). Sonuç: Bu çalışma, hemşirelerin koronavirüs fobisi ile izolasyon önlemlerine uyum arasında bir ilişki olmadığını göstermektedir. Ancak hemşirelerin koronavirüse bağlı psikolojik fobileri arttıkça izolasyon tedbirlerine uyumları artmakta, psikosomatik ve ekonomik fobileri arttıkça izolasyon tedbirlerine uyumları azalmaktadır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19; fobi; hemşirelik; izolasyon; pandemi
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