Late-onset PTSD and coping strategies for frontline nurses during the COVID-19 epidemic in China.
Nurs Open
; 8(6): 3055-3064, 2021 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1353591
ABSTRACT
AIM:
To evaluate the late-onset post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) situation, coping strategies and social supports for frontline clinical nurses 6 months after involvement in fighting against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China.DESIGN:
A cross-sectional design.METHODS:
We recently randomly distributed a questionnaire online to Chinese nurses who had taken care of COVID-19 patients since the end of January 2020. The questionnaire was made up of three professional scales, the impact of event scale-revised, simplified coping style questionnaire and social support rating scale included.RESULTS:
The general prevalence of late-onset PTSD among frontline nurses was 88.19%. Nurses who worked in Hubei Province (the kindle place of the COVID-19 outbreak) showed lower risk of late-onset PTSD symptoms than those who did not. We also found that positive coping strategies were correlated with less late-onset PTSD symptoms. Meanwhile, getting more social supports could help these nurses to obtain positive coping strategies.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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Epidemics
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COVID-19
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Nurses
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Nurs Open
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nop2.1018
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