Qualitative evaluation of a brief positive psychological online intervention for nursing staff.
Arch Psychiatr Nurs
; 44: 38-45, 2023 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2296525
ABSTRACT
AIM:
The aim of this study is to evaluate a brief positive psychological intervention with regard to the mental health of nursing staff in German hospitals. It addresses the question of how positive-psychological online exercises should be designed.BACKGROUND:
Nurses in hospitals are known to suffer from mental strain and risk depressive as well as anxiety disorders. The covid-19-pandemic leads to a further aggravation of the situation. Opposed to that, positive psychological interventions can increase resilience by promoting self-management competences and mental strength. RESEARCHMETHODS:
A 90 min positive-psychological workshop was conducted with six nurses who worked in German hospitals. It consisted of imparting knowledge on positive psychology and learning different positive psychological practices. Afterwards, guideline-based interviews were conducted with six nurses. The outcomes of interest were how the intervention was evaluated, to what extent the intervention led to a reflection and a promotion of self-management competences and whether it allowed the participants to transfer the learnings into everyday life.RESULTS:
The intervention led to a reflection of the application competence of positive-psychological techniques by the participating nurses. A promotion of the competences could not be reached. Especially the reflection and promotion of humour competence manifested itself as difficult.CONCLUSION:
Despite its short-term nature, the online intervention resulted in a reflection of the nurses' application competence of positive psychology indicating its resource-promoting potential. Follow-up exercises or peer groups should be used for further development, while a training of humour competence might be part of a separate intervention.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Internet-Based Intervention
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COVID-19
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Nursing Staff
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch Psychiatr Nurs
Journal subject:
Nursing
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Psychiatry
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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