Abstract
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in December has seen more than 76,000 cases in China, causing more than 3,000 medical staff infections. As the disease is highly contagious, can be fatal in severe cases, and there are no specific medicines, it poses a huge threat to the life and health of nurses, leading to a severe impact on their emotional responses and coping strategies. Therefore, this study will investigate nurses’ emotional responses and coping styles, and conduct a comparative study with nursing college students. This study was conducted through the online survey ‘questionnaire star’ from February 1st to February 20th, 2020 in Anhui Province, using the snowball sampling method to invite subjects. The results found that women showed more severe anxiety and fear than men. Participants from cities exhibited these symptoms more than participants from rural areas, however rural participants experienced more sadness than urban participants. The nearer a COVID-19 zone is to the participants, the stronger the anxiety and anger. The COVID-19 outbreak has placed immense pressure on hospitals and those nurses at the frontline are more seriously affected. Hospitals should focus on providing psychological support to nurses and training in coping strategies.
Highlights
In December 2019, multiple unexplained cases of pneumonia were reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Independent sample t test found that anxiety in professional nurses (t(799.33) = 3.05, p = 0.002, Cohen’s d = 0.220), fear (t(799.33) = 3.05, p
Participants from rural areas experienced more sadness (t(584.85) = -3.85, p
Summary
In December 2019, multiple unexplained cases of pneumonia were reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Epidemiological findings revealed severe human-to-human transmission, which was later confirmed to be caused by a novel corona virus (2019-nCoV) infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) named it Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) [1]. The outbreak resulted in 13 prefecture-level cities in Hubei, including Wuhan, and one autonomous prefecture to announce closures from January 23, 2020. The Chinese government announced the extension of the spring festival holidays (from seven days to 14 days), and implemented epidemic control measures such as suspension of schools, total shutdown and closure of businesses to reduce gathering of people and limit the spread of the virus.
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