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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2022.22.07.432

Influence of Fatigue and Role-Overload on Depression in Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients  

Gong, Eun-Jeong (조선대학교병원 간호부)
Kim, Jinhee (조선대학교 간호학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.22, no.7, 2022 , pp. 432-442 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate depression, fatigue, and role-overload in nurses caring for COVID-19 patients and identify factors affecting depression. Data were collected from 142 nurses caring for COVID-19 patients at four designated COVID-19 hospitals using self-report questionnaires, from September 8, 2020, to September 17, 2020. The subjects' scores for depression, fatigue, and role-overload were 14.51±9.54, 3.19±0.64, and 3.30±0.64 points, respectively. Depression was positively correlated with fatigue (r=.40, p<.001) and role-overload (r=.30, p<.001), and fatigue was positively correlated with role-overload (r=.54, p<.001). Factors affecting depression included fatigue (β=.23, p=.014), health status (moderate: β=.28, p=.001; unhealthy: β=.26, p=.002), and hospital type (university hospital: β=.18, p=.024). The explanatory power (R2) of the model was 28.1%. In order to manage the nurse's depression level, a strategy for lowering the fatigue level and a strategy for improving the nurse's health statue are needed.
Keywords
COVID-19; Nurses; Depression; Fatigue; Role;
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