The association between fear of COVID-19 and mental health: The mediating roles of burnout and job stress among emergency nursing staff

Ahorsu, Daniel KwasiHong Kong Polytech Univ, Kowloon, Fac Hlth & Social Sci, Dept Rehabil Sci, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. (författare)

The association between fear of COVID-19 and mental health : The mediating roles of burnout and job stress among emergency nursing staff

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Aim: This current study examined the mediation roles of burnout and job stress in the association between fear of COVID-19 and mental health among emergency nurses.Design: Cross-sectional survey. Design: Cross-sectional survey.Methods: A total of 516 emergency nurses with a mean age of 41.18 (SD = 8.24), mostly females (76.16%) and married (78.9%) responded to measures on fear of COVID-19, burnout, job stress and mental health between 15 September and 7 November 2020.Results: There was a significantly direct effect between (a) fear of COVID-19 and mental health, (b) fear of COVID-19 and mediators (burnout and job stress) and (c) mediators (burnout and job stress) and mental health. Also, there was a significantly indirect effect between fear of COVID-19 and mental health through job stress, burnout or both.Conclusions: Fear of COVID-19 directly and indirectly influenced the mental health of emergency nurses. Therefore, hospital authorities should provide sufficient resources to allay the fears of nurses during this COVID-19 pandemic period.

Lin, Chung-YingNatl Cheng Kung Univ, Coll Med, Inst Allied Hlth Sci, Tainan, Taiwan. (författare)
Marznaki, Zohreh HosseiniMazandaran Univ Med Sci, Amol Fac Nursing & Midwifery, Dept Nursing, Sari, Iran. (författare)
Pakpour, Amir H.Jönköping University,HHJ, Avdelningen för omvårdnad,Qazvin Univ Med Sci, Res Inst Prevent Noncommunicable Dis, Social Determinants Hlth Res Ctr, Qazvin, Iran.;Jonkoping Univ, Sch Hlth & Welf, Dept Nursing, Jonkoping, Sweden.(Swepub:hj)pakpam (författare)
Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Kowloon, Fac Hlth & Social Sci, Dept Rehabil Sci, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Coll Med, Inst Allied Hlth Sci, Tainan, Taiwan. (creator_code:org_t)

Av författaren/redakt...: Ahorsu, Daniel K ...; Lin, Chung-Ying; Marznaki, Zohreh ...; Pakpour, Amir H.

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