Laboring Health: Death Anxiety and Depression Levels of Nurses Working in Covid-19 Intensive Care

Authors : Filiz ÖZKAN, Ömer ÖDEK, İpek TURHAN

Pages : 212-218

Doi:10.19127/bshealthscience.1003294

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Publication Date : 2022-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was aimed to be conducted to determine the death anxiety and death-related depression of nurses who work in the Covid-19 intensive care units. The study was carried out descriptive study with 264 nurses working in 11 Covid-19 intensive care units within the pandemic department of a hospital. Data were collected by Nurse Introduction, Templer Death Anxiety Scale and Death Depression Scale. It was found that the anxiety levels of the nurses were high and their depression levels were moderate; The Death Anxiety Scale and Death Depression Scale scores of the nurses who did not feel any emotion related to the deaths of Covid patients were higher than those who felt sadness and anxiety insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P<0.05);. A moderate, positive and significant relationship was found between Death Depression Scale and Death Anxiety Scale total scale scores. For nurses working in intensive care, it is recommended to make new plans for crisis management and to take measures to manage death depression and anxiety.
Keywords : Death anxiety, Death related depression levels, Covid 19, Laboring health, Intensive care

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