Factors Associated with Anxiety Levels of Families Whose Family Members Work in The COVID-19 Room at Eka Hospital Tangerang

Abstract

Nurses are at the forefront of treating patients who have been confirmed positive for COVID-19. That nurses become one of the health workers who are vulnerable to transmission of this disease, because nurses interact with COVID-19 patients for 24 hours. Nurse families feel anxiety while their family is in the isolation room. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors related to the level of anxiety of families whose family members work in the Covid -19 room at Eka Hospital Tangerang. This study uses a descriptive correlation method with a cross sectional approach. Data were collected by questionnaires as many as 32 nurses. The results showed that the characteristics of families whose family members worked as nurses in the Covid-19 room at Eka hospital Tangerang were mostly >45 years old (59.4%), secondary education (59.4%), adequate knowledge (53.1). %) moderate anxiety (59.4%). There is no relationship between family age and anxiety level p value: 0.140. There is a relationship between education and the level of anxiety p value: 0.016. There is a relationship between knowledge and level of anxiety p value: 0.016. The hospital can overcome problems related to family anxiety such as increasing education and knowledge.