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Background: Nurses have the most level of communication with patients with COVID-19 who are always afraid of the disease and its consequences. Therefore, the present study aimed at investigating the effect of health hardiness on fear of COVID-19 in nurses with the mediating role tolerance of emotional distress. Methods: The method of this research was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all 351 female nurses of Imam Khomeini and Taleghani hospitals in Urmia in spring 2021. According to the target population, 205 nurses were selected based on Krejcie and Morgan's table and according to the available method. In this study, the Fear of COVID-19 Questionnaire developed by Ahorsu et al. [2020], the Health Hardiness Questionnaire designed by Gebhardt et al. [2001], and the Emotional Distress Tolerance Questionnaire developed by Simons and Gaher [2005] were used. Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression. Results: The findings showed that health hardiness and tolerance of emotional distress were involved in fear of COVID-19. Also, according to the values obtained, health hardiness had an effect of-0.364 on fear of COVID-19, and tolerance of emotional distress had an effect –of-0.178 on fear of COVID-19 [p≤0.01]. Health hardiness an effect equal to-0.528 on fear of COVID-19 with the mediating role of tolerance of emotional distress. Conclusion: This study showed that cognitive factors in proportion to emotional factors have a greater effect on the fear of COVID-19 in nurses. © 2022, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Background and Aim: Mental stress has always influenced behavioral responses in different life situations, so the purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of perceived mental stress in the health of persons suspected of COVID-19. Methods: This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the study was all female referrals to Sayyad Shirazi Hospital in Gorgan, Iran with suspected symptoms of COVID-19 such as respiratory disorders, runny nose, dry cough, dizziness, sore throat and myalgia, fever in March 15-18 in 2020. 134 people were selected according to the inclusion criteria. In this study, perceived stress questionnaire of Cohen et al., Goldberg and Hillier health questionnaire and researcher-made questionnaire of demographic information were used. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression using SPSS22 software. Results: 87 patients had COVID-19 with mean age of 59.34 years old. There was a significant positive correlation between the level of perceived mental stress with all health subscales at the level of 0.01. Given the value obtained from Multiple Correlation Coefficient (R2) perceived mental stress is able to predict (0.425) of health. Also the value obtained from the coefficient (β) of perceived mental stress (0.369) effects on health. Conclusion: Overall, this study emphasizes the significant contribution of perceived mental stress to the health of people with suspected COVID-19, which can provide therapeutic implications for therapists. © 2020 Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.