THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY AND BURNOUT AMONG STAFF NURSES WHO WERE WORKING IN COVID-19 CARE SETTING HOSPITALS OF GUJARAT
Authors: Patel B , THOMAS RR, PATEL B AND SURESH V

ABSTRACT
This study aimed to assess the mental well-being among nurses who are working in Covid-19 care setting hospitals of Gujarat. The design used in this study is cross sectional research design. The study was conducted for the staff nurses who were working in Covid-19 care setting hospitals of Gujarat in, India. 635 sample size was selected. In this study Snowball Sampling Technique was used. Here conducted a web- based questionnaire survey for anxiety and burnout due to working in Covid-19 care hospitals of Gujarat. Participants received link to participate in the study via social media platform. Researcher obtained informed consent from participants before participation. Only by reading the consent and accepting to participate, participants could proceed to answer the questionnaire. We included all individuals age from 18 to above 35 year or older, working in any health care facility and currently living in Gujarat. A total of 635 responses from registered staff nurses who were worked in covid-19 care setting hospitals. We collected 635 responses from staff nurses during the study period. This Present study shows that 60.9% staff nurses who are working in Covid-19 care setting have no anxiety or we can say that they can cope up with the anxiety which is produced due to working in hospitals of Covid-19 care settings of Gujarat. In contrast, 39.1% staff nurses have anxiety due to working in Covid-19 care setting hospitals needs counseling. and 48.2% staff nurses who are working in Covid- 19 care setting have no sign of burnout or we can say that they can cope up with the situation which is produced due to working in hospitals of Covid-19 care settings of Gujarat. In contrast, 22.8% risk of burnout and 2.0%, 4.9% staff nurses have sever risk of burnout and very sever risk of burnout respectively due to working in Covid-19 care setting hospitals. The results show that less number of staff nurses have anxiety dueto working in covid-19 care setting hospitals and they can manage work in the covid- 19 care hospital. This result may play important role to measure the level of anxiety and burnout in prioritize the intervention. In this survey staff nurses have positive responses towards covid- 19 they can fight against this pandemic. Keywords: anxiety, burnout, staff nurse, Covid-19, hospital
Publication date: 15/12/2023
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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.12.1038