Relationship between Stress, Burnout, and Resilience among Emergency Department Nurses during COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 has a significant impact on front-line health care staffs especially they are being the backbone of the fight in the first line of epidemic prevention and control, which endure heavy work tasks, high risk of infection, and work pressure, burnout, and has become a potential stressor, with a profound influence on their psychological well-being and psychological resilience. Aim of the study: This study aimed to determine the relationship between stress, burnout, and resilience among emergency departments` nurses during COVID-19 Pandemic. Design: A descriptive relational design was utilized in this study. Subject: A purposive sample of a total one hundred and twenty of emergency departments` nurses Setting: The study was conducted at Emergency Departments at Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. Tools of data collection: Demographic interview questionnaire, COVID Stress Scale, Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) and Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA). Results: there were moderate negative correlation between psychological resilience and COVID-19 related stress, and high negative correlation between psychological resilience and burnout among emergency departments` nurses under the study. Also, there was a strong positive correlation between COVID-19 related stress and burnout. as the majority of emergency departments` nurses understudy had high level of COVID-19 related stress and burnout while more than two thirds of them had low psychological resilience. Conclusion: It can be concluded that, increased COVID-19 related stress level and burnout level lead to decreased psychological resilience among emergency departments` nurses under the study during COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendation: Development and implementation of psychosocial counseling intervention for front-line nursing staff to enhance their coping and resilience during the period of COVID-19 pandemic.