Professional identity and supporting willingness of nurses during the COVID-19 epidemic in China.

AIM: To investigate the professional identities and the willingness of nurses to respond to the call for support during the COVID-19 epidemic. BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 epidemic has resulted in nearly 300 million cases worldwide, causing more than five million deaths. However, the professional identities and the willingness of nurses to provide support during the COVID-19 epidemic in China remain unclear. METHODS: A total of 1,505 eligible nurses from 120 hospitals during the COVID-19 outbreak in China were included. Questionnaires were used to evaluate the willingness of these nurses to participate in epidemic control efforts. The Nurses' Professional Identity Scale was used to measure their sense of professional identity. RESULTS: About 90% of the nurses were willing to lend support in Hubei Province during the epidemic. The most common reason (93.84%) was found to be their beliefs as medical personnel in helping others in need. Nearly 10% of the nurses were unwilling to go to Hubei, primarily due to family reasons. The average total score of the Professional Identity Scale for all nurses reached a moderate to high level as indication of professional identity (116-125). Nurses who were willing to go to Hubei had a significantly higher total score than those who were not. CONCLUSIONS: The professional identity of nurses in China improved during the epidemic, and those with higher professional identities were more likely to respond to calls for support during the epidemic.

Hope level and associated factors among parents of retinoblastoma patients during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.

BACKGROUND: The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global public health emergency. So far, only a limited number of studies have investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pneumonia pandemic on the mental health of parents having children with cancer. This study investigated the hope, and relevant influencing factors (depression, anxiety, demographic data) among parents whose children had retinoblastoma (RB) during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey and a convenient sampling survey were conducted on 317 parents of RB children admitted to the Ninth People's Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, and Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University. The survey tools included Demographic Questionnaire, Herth Hope Index (HHI), The Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and the Patient Health Questionnaires (PHQ)-2. RESULTS: The hope level score of the parents of RB patients was (35.36 ± 4.42), which was at the medium level. The highest dimension of hope score was inner positive readiness and expectancy (12.07 ± 1.57), and the lowest dimension was interconnectedness with self and others (11.50 ± 1.64). The incidence rate of depression and anxiety was 29.97% (95/317) and 41.32% (131/317), respectively. Monoculus or binoculus disease, sleep status, health status, and depression /anxiety had statistically significant effects on the parental hope level (p < 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that time since diagnosis, education level, treatment type and depression were independent influencing factors (p < 0.05), accounting for 22.60% of the variation in hope level. CONCLUSION: During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical staff should formulate targeted intervention measures according to different characteristics of ocular disease, time since diagnosis, treatment type, parental educational level and emotional state in order to improve the level of parental hope.