Psychosocial Factors Associated With Resilience Among Iranian Nurses During COVID-19 Outbreak

• Published in: Frontiers in public health 2021-08, Vol.9, p.714971-714971
• Main Authors: Nourollahi-Darabad, Maryam, Afshari, Davood, Chinisaz, Niloofar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease Outbreaks; healthcare workers; Humans; Iran - epidemiology; Nurses - psychology; nurses' resilience; Occupational Stress - psychology; Psychological Distress; psychosocial; Public Health; Resilience, Psychological; stress
• ISSN: 2296-2565; 2296-2565
• DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.714971

In the face of COVID-19, healthcare workers need to cope with the ongoing stressors at play and keep psychological distress at a minimum level. This study examined the psychosocial and demographic factors associated with nurse's resilience in the hospitals of Ahvaz that is one of the top cities infected with COVID-19 in Iran. The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 387 Iranian nurses in Ahvaz city. For data collection purposes, three online questionnaires (including Copenhagen Psychosocial, Demographic, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale) were distributed among the participants. The mean resilience score was equal to 61.8 ± 14.8 for 387 nurses. Resilience had a statistically significant negative correlation with quantitative demand ( = -0.273, < 0.008), work pace ( = -0.262, < 0.011), emotional demand ( = -0.226, < 0.030), stress ( = -0.458, < 0.000), and burnout ( = -0.287, < 0.005). Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that stress, job satisfaction, burnout and age were the main predictors of nurses' resilience during the (COVID-19) pandemic ( = 0.45). We identified psychosocial and demographic predictive factors that may contribute to greater resilience among nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak. The findings of this study can be used to implement psychosocial interventions to amplify the resilience of medical staff during the COVID-19 outbreak.