Psychological Impact and Fear of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Frontline Registered Nurses in Jordanian Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

Nawar Abualbasal; Reem Abualbasal; Hesham Almomani; Ahmad Rayan; Nidal Eshah

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Psychological Impact and Fear of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Frontline Registered Nurses in Jordanian Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Nawar Abualbasal¹^{, *}, Reem Abualbasal², Hesham Almomani³, Ahmad Rayan⁴, Nidal Eshah⁴

¹Zarqa University, P.O.BOX 132222, Zarqa, 13132, Jordan

²Nadem Hospital, Madaba, Jordan

³Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan

⁴Zarqa University, Zarqa, Jordan

^*Corresponding author. Email: n.abualbasal@zu.edu.jo

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Nawar Abualbasal

Available Online 3 October 2023.

DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-248-4_12 How to use a DOI?
Keywords: COVID-19; Jordan; Psychological Impacts; Healthcare workers
Abstract: By the end of year 2019, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has emerged. Psychological distress among frontline nurses in response to COVID-19 pandemic was a serious health concern. This study aimed to assess the level of psychological distress among Jordanian nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study conducted using an online self-administered questionnaire. The survey comprised of a socio-demographic questionnaire, the 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), and Fear of COVID-19 Scale. The mean of total K10 distress scores had significant association with gender (P = 0.002) level of education (p = 0.002) and experience in current hospital (p = 0.033). Most respondents had severe psychological distress (86.7%). There was a statistically significant relationship between psychological distress and level of fear (P = 0.006). The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have a major psychological consequence on nurses, making their psychological state more sensitive. As a result, more emphasis should be deposited on providing professional support services for nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic .
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the Second International Nursing Conference "Nursing Profession in the Current Era" (INC 2023)
Series: Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date: 3 October 2023
ISBN: 978-94-6463-248-4
ISSN: 2468-5739
DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-248-4_12 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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