Factors related to Japanese nurses' desire to quit their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.
Medicine (Baltimore)
; 101(41): e31197, 2022 Oct 14.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2077963
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors related to Japanese nurses' desire to quit their jobs during the Omicron wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. We distributed an original, self-administered questionnaire to nurses at 3 facilities that accepted patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Of the 625 nurses, 152 responded (24.3%); after excluding 3 men to rule out the effects of sex, responses for 81 (53.3%) nurses were analyzed. In total, 49 (60.5%) nurses expressed a desire to quit their current job. After controlling for the effects of age and years of experience, factors related to the desire to quit the current job included having fewer than 2 years of experience (odds ratio [OR] 9.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.69-48.87), feeling anxiety at work (OR 4.59, 95% CI 1.01-20.81), being afraid to go to work (OR 4.10, 95% CI 1.20-21.69), and experiencing difficulty talking to people (OR 10.26, 95% CI 1.48-70.99). Nurse managers should regularly screen nurses who have fewer than 2 years of experience, feel anxiety at work, are afraid to go to work, and find it difficult to talk to people. Early action may prevent the turnover of nurses during a public health emergency.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Nurses
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Variants
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Medicine (Baltimore)
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
MD.0000000000031197
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