Psychological Distress in Emergency Department Nurses at Women’s and Children’s Hospitals During the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yingying Zhao; Juan Hu

doi:10.12659/MSM.940175

01 July 2023: Clinical Research

Psychological Distress in Emergency Department Nurses at Women’s and Children’s Hospitals During the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yingying Zhao ^12BCE , Juan Hu ^12ABCE*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940175

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940175

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Table 1 Single-factor analysis of psychological distress and resilience in emergency nurses.

Item	n	Psychological distress	F/t	P	Resilience	F/t	P
			t=−0.037	0.847		t=0.281	0.779
Male	8	18.00±6.23			28.38±6.545
Female	366	20.71±5.98			27.72±6.528
			F=2.053	0.106		F=3.231	0.022
20–30 years old	230	20.56±6.187			27.14±6.437
31–40 years old	105	21.22±5.550			28.00±6.460
41–50 years old	26	21.00±6.164			30.08±7.031
51–55 years old	13	16.92±4.786			31.38±5.679
			F=0.952	0.387		F=0.555	0.574
Married	244	20.92±5.863			27.85±6.631
Never married	122	20.23±6.286			27.38±6.400
Divorced	8	18.75±5.471			29.63±4.897
			F=1.332	0.257		F=2.081	0.083
	26	18.77±5.982			27.54±4.675
1–5 years	142	20.22±6.131			27.40±6.865
5–10 years	83	21.43±6.061			26.53±6.367
10–15 years	40	20.73±5.277			29.63±5.705
>15 years	83	21.16±5.977			28.65±6.738
			F=0.935	0.424		F=0.075	0.974
Secondary specialized school	10	18.20±6.374			27.70±6.129
Two or 3 years’ higher education diploma	148	20.88±5.813			27.86±6.753
Undergraduate	204	20.70±6.048			27.68±6.520
Masters and above	12	19.00±7.097			27.00±4.023
			F=1.331	0.258		F=0.836	0.503
N0	50	20.30±6.089			27.36±6.620
N1	132	19.88±6.047			27.45±6.599
N2	107	21.64±5.845			27.42±6.393
N3	65	20.82±5.887			28.49±6.527
N4	20	20.80±6.396			29.70±6.506
			F=1.192	0.314		F=1.145	0.335
Nurse	122	20.24±6.321			27.56±7.069
Nurse practitioner	160	20.75±5.894			27.28±6.159
Supervising nurse	75	21.39±5.831			28.47±6.312
Associate senior/senior nurse	17	19.41±5.304			30.06±6.427
			F=11.858	0.008		t=11.937	0.008
	27	20.87±5.409			28.44±6.222
8 hours	210	19.77±5.435			28.56±5.862
8–9 hours	91	21.46±7.046			26.96±7.895
9 hours	46	23.00±5.835			25.09±5.823
			F=0.325	0.723		F=0.275	0.759
≤4 nights	189	20.40±6.307			27.88±6.727
5–9 nights	132	20.89±5.272			27.76±5.883
≥10 nights	53	20.92±6.610			27.13±7.328
			t=1.605	0.658		t=5.849	0.119
Employment contract	67	20.19±5.203			29.30±6.394
Through a staffing agency	14	18.50±4.183			28.43±4.071
Service contract	287	20.81±6.090			27.44±6.520
Other	6	23.1±11.548			22.67±9.331
			F=0.128	0.944		F=0.115	0.951
Level 1 triage	38	20.42±6.529			28.13±6.811
Level 2 triage	55	21.09±5.681			27.51±6.638
Level 3 triage	30	20.50±6.196			27.30±6.385
Other	251	20.61±5.989			27.77±6.500
			F=3.467	0.016		F=1.495	0.216
Other	284	20.10±5.733			27.96±6.469
Fever outpatient area	73	22.36±6.310			26.47±6.644
Waiting area/isolation rooms for suspected COVID-19 patients	13	22.15±8.030			29.85±6.950
Isolation wards	4	23.75±5.909			28.00±4.690
			F=1.748	0.187		F=0.583	0.446
Yes	29	20.55±7.074			28.62±6.946
No	345	20.66±5.909			27.66±6.488
			F=2.230	0.136		F=0.038	0.845
Yes	28	20.46±7.021			27.96±6.274
No	346	20.66±5.918			27.71±6.548
			F=0.004	0.953		F=1.005	0.317
Yes	271	20.76±6.017			27.94±6.651
No	103	20.37±5.964			27.18±6.161
			F=0.03	0.862		F=0.000	0.991
Yes	14	18.14±6.225			27.71±7.898
No	360	20.75±5.975			27.73±6.474

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