Open AccessTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NURSE CARING BEHAVIOR AND ANXIETY LEVELS AMONG COVID-19 PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Erik Kusuma,
Ayu Dewi Nastiti,
Dwining Handayani,
R.A. Helda Puspitasari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nurse and holistic care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2797-7188
pISSN - 2797-6971
DOI - 10.33086/nhc.v1i2.2309
Subject(s) - anxiety , empathy , covid-19 , isolation (microbiology) , medicine , clinical psychology , nursing , psychology , psychiatry , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Background: Covid-19 patients who undergoing treatment in isolation rooms experience anxiety problems due to loss of contact with their surrounding. Caring behavior in providing nursing services provides comfort and tranquillity for patients.Objective: This study aimed to determine the relationship between nurses' caring behavior with the anxiety level of Covid-19 patients undergoing treatment in the isolation rooms.Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design. The sample in this study was COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment in the Isolation Room as many as 30 people. The respondents were selected using a consecutive sampling technique. The anxiety levels were measured using the State-Anxiety Inventory (S-AI) questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the Gamma and Somers'd correlation test.Results: The results showed that the better caring behaviour by nurses the lesser the anxiety level of patients. Gamma statistical test results obtained a p-value of 0.000 <0.05, which means that there was a significant relationship between nurses’ caring behaviour and the anxiety level of Covid-19 patients in the Isolation Room.Conclusions: The caring behaviour of nurses in Covid-19 patients was shown by the presence of caring, empathy, compassion, and good communication so that a therapeutic relationship is established between patients and nurses. Therefore, the patient feels safe, comfortable, and has less anxiety.