Abstract
Aim. Identification of the features of the psycho-emotional state of nurses of a multidisciplinary clinic, COVID hospital and outpatient clinic during an unfavorable epidemiological situation of coronavirus infection. Design. A prospective cohort study in parallel groups. Materials and methods. In 2020–2021, a study was conducted on the psychoemotional state of nursing staff working in medical institutions in Samara. All the subjects were divided into groups according to their place of work: the 1st group included nurses working in COVID hospitals (n = 39), the 2nd group represented nurses who worked in a multidisciplinary clinic (n = 41), the 3rd group consisted of nurses performing their professional duties in an outpatient clinic (n = 39), the 4th group (control) included people not related to medicine, mainly economic and technical specialties (n = 160). The analysis of the psycho-emotional state was carried out on the basis of the results of the Maslach Burnout questionnaire, designed to assess and identify the state and degree of formation of phases of emotional burnout. Results. The indicators of emotional burnout in nurses working in the COVID hospital and in the polyclinic were significantly higher than in the control group, as well as in the nurses group of the multidisciplinary clinic. An extremely high level of emotional burnout was observed only in nurses working in the “red zone”, and they also more often had a high level of emotional burnout than in other groups. In the conditions of a polyclinic, the degree of emotional burnout in nurses was also significantly higher than in a multidisciplinary hospital. Conclusion. Increased stress and the presence of signs of professional burnout are primarily noted when nursing staff work in a COVID hospital, to a somewhat lesser extent — in those working in an outpatient clinic, and nurses of a multidisciplinary clinic are even less susceptible to them. The data obtained confirm the expediency of continuing scientific research on the psychoemotional state of nursing staff during periods of unfavorable epidemiological conditions for timely preventive measures aimed at preserving the health of this category of medical workers. Keywords: stress, emotional burnout, medical staff, nurse, COVID-19.
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