Determinant Factors of Psychological Well Being Nurses on the Frontline Against the Covid-19 Pandemic

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10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.040How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Psychological Well-Being, Psychological Distress, Coping Strategy, Religiosity, Social Support, Nurses on the Frontline, Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic hurts the physical and psychological health of health workers, especially nurses. Problems experienced during work are anxiety, fear of being infected for themselves and their families, mood disorders, and disruption of psychological well-being. Many factors affect psychological well-being including psychological stress, coping strategies, religiosity, and social support. This research purpose to describe the factors that affect the psychological well-being of nurses in the COVID-19 team in Indonesia. Analytical research is designed with a cross-sectional approach. This research was conducted on 268 nurses of the Covid 19 Team in Indonesia using accidental sampling technique, data was collected using the Psychological Well-Being Scale questionnaire, psychological distress questionnaire-5, Ways of Coping Questionnaire, The Dimensions of Religiosity Scale and The Social Support Rating Scale. Data were analyzed descriptively using univariate analysis, bivariate with Chi-square test, and multivariate with logistic regression test. The results showed that most of the respondents had low Psychological Well Being, high psychological stress, low social support, dominant coping strategies to Emotional Focused Coping, and had low religiosity. Bivariate results described that there is a significant correlations between psychological stress, family support, coping strategies, and religiosity on psychological well-being. Multivariate results found that the most influential factor with the psychological well-being of nurses is psychological stress. It is recommended for nurses on the frontline against the covid-19 pandemic to overcome psychological stress, have good family support, increase religiosity, and are more likely to use problem-focused coping to have good psychological well-being.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Helena Patricia
AU  - Emira Apriyeni
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/28
TI  - Determinant Factors of Psychological Well Being Nurses on the Frontline Against the Covid-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Syedza Saintika International Conference on Nursing, Midwifery, Medical Laboratory Technology, Public Health, and Health Information Management (SeSICNiMPH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 214
EP  - 221
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.040
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.040
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