TY - JOUR
T1 - The association between fear of COVID-19 and mental health
T2 - The mediating roles of burnout and job stress among emergency nursing staff
AU - Ahorsu, Daniel Kwasi
AU - Lin, Chung Ying
AU - Marznaki, Zohreh Hosseini
AU - H. Pakpour, Amir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Aim: This current study examined the mediation roles of burnout and job stress in the association between fear of COVID-19 and mental health among emergency nurses. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: A total of 516 emergency nurses with a mean age of 41.18 (SD = 8.24), mostly females (76.16%) and married (78.9%) responded to measures on fear of COVID-19, burnout, job stress and mental health between 15 September and 7 November 2020. Results: There was a significantly direct effect between (a) fear of COVID-19 and mental health, (b) fear of COVID-19 and mediators (burnout and job stress) and (c) mediators (burnout and job stress) and mental health. Also, there was a significantly indirect effect between fear of COVID-19 and mental health through job stress, burnout or both. Conclusions: Fear of COVID-19 directly and indirectly influenced the mental health of emergency nurses. Therefore, hospital authorities should provide sufficient resources to allay the fears of nurses during this COVID-19 pandemic period.
AB - Aim: This current study examined the mediation roles of burnout and job stress in the association between fear of COVID-19 and mental health among emergency nurses. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: A total of 516 emergency nurses with a mean age of 41.18 (SD = 8.24), mostly females (76.16%) and married (78.9%) responded to measures on fear of COVID-19, burnout, job stress and mental health between 15 September and 7 November 2020. Results: There was a significantly direct effect between (a) fear of COVID-19 and mental health, (b) fear of COVID-19 and mediators (burnout and job stress) and (c) mediators (burnout and job stress) and mental health. Also, there was a significantly indirect effect between fear of COVID-19 and mental health through job stress, burnout or both. Conclusions: Fear of COVID-19 directly and indirectly influenced the mental health of emergency nurses. Therefore, hospital authorities should provide sufficient resources to allay the fears of nurses during this COVID-19 pandemic period.
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U2 - 10.1002/nop2.1154
DO - 10.1002/nop2.1154
M3 - Article
C2 - 34881522
AN - SCOPUS:85120793410
SN - 2054-1058
VL - 9
SP - 1147
EP - 1154
JO - Nursing Open
JF - Nursing Open
IS - 2
ER -