Priority Nursing Populations for Mental Health Support Before and During COVID-19: A Survey Study of Individual and Workplace Characteristics.

IF 1.7 Q2 NURSING
Farinaz Havaei, Maura MacPhee, Andy Ma, Yue Mao
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Background: Nursing is a high-risk profession and nurses' exposure to workplace risk factors such as heavy workloads and inadequate staffing is well documented. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated nurses' exposure to workplace risk factors, further deteriorating their mental health. Therefore, it is both timely and important to determine nursing groups in greatest need of mental health interventions and supports.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a granular examination of the differences in nurse mental health across nurse demographic and workplace characteristics before and after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.

Methods: This secondary analysis used survey data from two cross-sectional studies with samples (Time 1 study, 5,512 nurses; Time 2, 4,523) recruited from the nursing membership (∼48,000) of the British Columbia nurses' union. Data was analyzed at each timepoint using descriptive statistics and ordinal logistic regression.

Results: Several demographic and workplace characteristics were found to predict significant differences in the number of positive screenings on measures of poor mental health. Most importantly, in both survey times younger age was a strong predictor of worse mental health, as was full-time employment. Nurse workplace health authority was also a significant predictor of worse mental health.

Conclusions: Structural and psychological strategies must be in place, proactively and preventively, to buffer nurses against workplace challenges that are likely to increase during the COVID-19 crisis.

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COVID-19之前和期间心理健康支持优先护理人群:个体和工作场所特征的调查研究
背景:护理是一个高风险的职业,护士暴露于工作场所的风险因素,如工作量大和人员配备不足,是有案可查的。COVID-19大流行加剧了护士对工作场所风险因素的暴露,进一步恶化了她们的心理健康状况。因此,确定最需要心理健康干预和支持的护理群体既及时又重要。目的:本研究的目的是对COVID-19宣布为大流行之前和之后,不同护士人口统计学和工作场所特征的护士心理健康差异进行细致的检查。方法:该二次分析使用了来自两个样本横断面研究的调查数据(Time 1研究,5,512名护士;第2期,从不列颠哥伦比亚护士工会的护士会员(约4.8万名)中招募了4523人。使用描述性统计和有序逻辑回归对每个时间点的数据进行分析。结果:发现一些人口统计学和工作场所特征可以预测不良心理健康措施阳性筛查数量的显着差异。最重要的是,在两次调查中,年龄较小是心理健康状况较差的有力预测因素,全职工作也是如此。护士工作场所健康权威也是心理健康状况恶化的重要预测因素。结论:必须采取主动和预防性的结构性和心理策略,缓冲护士应对2019冠状病毒病危机期间可能增加的工作场所挑战。
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期刊介绍: We are pleased to announce the launch of the CJNR digital archive, an online archive available through the McGill University Library, and hosted by the McGill University Library Digital Collections Program in perpetuity. This archive has been made possible through a Richard M. Tomlinson Digital Library Innovation and Access Award to the McGill School of Nursing. The Richard M. Tomlinson award recognizes the ongoing contribution and commitment the CJNR has made to the McGill School of Nursing, and to the development and nursing science in Canada and worldwide. We hope this archive proves to be an invaluable research tool for researchers in Nursing and other faculties.
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