10-Item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: the relationship between the level of resilience and emotional disturbance stress burden of the clinical nurses

Abstract

Objective To investigate the relation among clinical nurses′ resilience, emotional, the pressure load and self-efficacy with the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Methods A total of 449 nurse in Guangzhou were recruited to investigate by 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD - RISC - 10), Kessler 10 Scale (K10), General Self - Efficacy Scale (GSES), Chinese Stress Overload Scale (SOS). Results The average score was 23.6±6.7 for CD-RISC-10 , 24.4±8.2 for K10, 24.7±5.7 for GSES , 63.3 ±16.6 for SOS ,and the individual vulnerability scoring was (31.2±10.0) points, events load was (32.0±7.5) points. High mental toughness of nurses in general self-efficacy scores higher than that of low mental toughness group (t=-8.53, P < 0.01), in the K10 dated, S0S scores were lower than low mental toughness group (t=11.23, 7.70, P < 0.01). Nurse relevant regression analysis results showed that gender, general self-efficacy, K10 dated, SOS as the main factors influencing nurses mental toughness, could explain 40% of variances. Conclusions The CD - RISC-10 can better reflect the level of clinical nurses′ resilience, and the gender, self-efficacy were the main effects, as well as effectively predict the nurses′ emotional distress and stress level. However how to improve the toughness of the clinical nurses need more research. Key words: Nurses; Resilience; 10-Item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale