Resilience of nurses against COVID-19 and its influencing factors

Abstract

Objective To explore the resilience of nurses against corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Xixi Hospital of Hangzhou and to analyze its influencing factors. Methods From February 2020 to May 2020, this study investigated 193 nurses against COVID-19 at Xixi Hospital of Hangzhou selected by convenience sampling with the general questionnaire, Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC) and the general self-efficacy scale (GSES). Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the influencing factors of resilience. Results Among 193 nurses, the total score of resilience was (62.60±13.70); the scores of three dimensions, optimism, self-reliance and tenacity were (9.59±2.37), (21.62±4.68) and (31.40±7.74) respectively. The total score of GSES was (28.33±3.55). Simple correlation showed that there were statistical differences in the total score of resilience and dimension score of tenacity among nurses with different genders, experience of participating in emergent public health events, self-conscious readiness degree and confidence in fulfilling the task (P<0.05). Pearson correlation showed that resilience had a positive correlation with the general self-efficacy with a statistical difference (r=0.474,P<0.01). Multiple regression analysis demonstrated the influencing factors of nurses against COVID-19 were the self-conscious readiness degree, confidence in fulfilling the task and the general self-efficacy which totally explained 27.6% of the variance. Conclusions Nurses against COVID-19 have the low level of the resilience which needs to be improved. We should pay more attention to the high-risk population, and provide a positively and effectively psychological intervention to improve the resilience of nurses against COVID-19. Key words: COVID-19; Pneumonia; Nurses; Resilience, Psychological; Influencing factors