Levels of anxiety and fear among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

Te aim of this review is to fnd out what levels of anxiety and fear have been shown by nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Background. Health security crises afect not only physical health but also the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare professionals due to a higher level of exposure. Evalua...

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Autores: Morgado-Toscano, Cristina, Gómez Salgado, Juan, García Iglesias, Juan Jesús, Fagundo Rivera, Javier, López-López, Daniel, Allande Cussó, Regina
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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spelling Levels of anxiety and fear among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic reviewMorgado-Toscano, CristinaGómez Salgado, JuanGarcía Iglesias, Juan JesúsFagundo Rivera, JavierLópez-López, DanielAllande Cussó, ReginaTe aim of this review is to fnd out what levels of anxiety and fear have been shown by nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Background. Health security crises afect not only physical health but also the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare professionals due to a higher level of exposure. Evaluation. A systematic review was carried out following the PRISMA statement. Methodological quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools. Te literature search was carried out in the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science (WoS) electronic databases based on the keywords that the research question yielded following the PECOT strategy. For the selection of articles, original articles, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, short communication articles, and case reports were included. Ten, a series of inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, screening the results to obtain a total of 18 articles, which were used to elaborate the study. Key Issues. Fear and anxiety levels were described in a total of 18 selected studies.Te main fear-related concerns of the nurses were associated with the fear of infecting their family or friends and the fear of the death of a family member or friend. Conclusions. Te main psychological impact on nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic was related to fear, anxiety, stress, and depression. Fear of infecting family members or of being infected were the main impacts perceived by nurses. Implications for Nursing Management. In general, high scores were found for levels of fear and anxiety, although the fgures varied by country and time of data collection. Resilience was considered the main tool for coping with the loss and trauma experienced by nurses.WileyEnfermería2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/147489https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/2191984reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésJOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT, 2023, 2191984.https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jonm/2023/2191984/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1474892026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title Levels of anxiety and fear among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review
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Morgado-Toscano, Cristina
title_short Levels of anxiety and fear among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review
title_full Levels of anxiety and fear among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review
title_fullStr Levels of anxiety and fear among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review
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title_sort Levels of anxiety and fear among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Morgado-Toscano, Cristina
Gómez Salgado, Juan
García Iglesias, Juan Jesús
Fagundo Rivera, Javier
López-López, Daniel
Allande Cussó, Regina
author Morgado-Toscano, Cristina
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Gómez Salgado, Juan
García Iglesias, Juan Jesús
Fagundo Rivera, Javier
López-López, Daniel
Allande Cussó, Regina
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García Iglesias, Juan Jesús
Fagundo Rivera, Javier
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Allande Cussó, Regina
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description Te aim of this review is to fnd out what levels of anxiety and fear have been shown by nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Background. Health security crises afect not only physical health but also the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare professionals due to a higher level of exposure. Evaluation. A systematic review was carried out following the PRISMA statement. Methodological quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools. Te literature search was carried out in the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science (WoS) electronic databases based on the keywords that the research question yielded following the PECOT strategy. For the selection of articles, original articles, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, short communication articles, and case reports were included. Ten, a series of inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, screening the results to obtain a total of 18 articles, which were used to elaborate the study. Key Issues. Fear and anxiety levels were described in a total of 18 selected studies.Te main fear-related concerns of the nurses were associated with the fear of infecting their family or friends and the fear of the death of a family member or friend. Conclusions. Te main psychological impact on nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic was related to fear, anxiety, stress, and depression. Fear of infecting family members or of being infected were the main impacts perceived by nurses. Implications for Nursing Management. In general, high scores were found for levels of fear and anxiety, although the fgures varied by country and time of data collection. Resilience was considered the main tool for coping with the loss and trauma experienced by nurses.
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