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The repercussions of perceived threat from COVID‐19 on the mental health of actively employed nurses
Author(s) -
Gázquez Linares José Jesús,
Molero Jurado María del Mar,
Martos Martínez África,
JiménezRodríguez Diana,
PérezFuentes María del Carmen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1447-0349
pISSN - 1445-8330
DOI - 10.1111/inm.12841
Subject(s) - covid-19 , mental health , psychology , mental health nursing , coronavirus infections , betacoronavirus , psychiatry , medicine , virology , outbreak , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In the confrontation with the COVID‐19 pandemic, threat perceived by the nursing population, and its association with sociodemographic and contextual characteristics, must be measured and evaluated as well as their repercussions on their mental health. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyse the repercussion of perceived threat from COVID‐19 on the mental health of actively employed nurses, considering a COVID‐19 diagnosis, whether their own or of someone close to them. The sample was comprised of 351 nurses. Sociodemographic data were collected, and the Questionnaire on Perception of Threat from COVID‐19 and the General Health Questionnaire were administered. The three demographic and contextual variables mentioned were related to mental health, mediated in some symptoms by perceived threat. These results provide important information for implementing measures or psychoeducational programs for nurses, essential in the present pandemic for improving psychological adaptation and reducing the effects on their mental health.