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Post-traumatic growth and influencing factors among frontline nurses fighting against COVID-19
  1. Pan pan Cui1,2,
  2. Pan pan Wang2,
  3. Kun Wang1,
  4. Zhiguang Ping3,
  5. Peng Wang2,
  6. Changying Chen1
  1. 1 The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
  2. 2 School of Nursing and Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
  3. 3 College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
  1. Correspondence to Professor Changying Chen, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China; changying{at}zzu.edu.cn

Abstract

Objective To explore the level and influencing factors of frontline nurses’ post-traumatic growth (PTG) during COVID-19 epidemic.

Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in February 2020 in three hospitals in China. The Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) was used to investigate the PTG of frontline nurses. Data on related factors, including demographic characteristics and subjective variables, were collected. The Event-Related Rumination Inventory was used to assess rumination. Pearson’s or Spearman’s correlation was calculated for bivariate analysis. Independent sample t-tests or one-way analysis of variance and multiple linear regression analysis were used to examine the related factors.

Results A total of 179 frontline nurses were recruited, and 167 were included in the analyses. The mean PTG score was 70.53±17.26. The bivariate analyses showed that deliberate rumination was modestly positively correlated with PTG (r=0.557, p<0.01), while intrusive rumination had a modest negative correlation with PTG (r=−0.413, p<0.01). Multiple linear regression demonstrated that working years, self-confidence in frontline work, awareness of risk, psychological intervention or training during the epidemic and deliberate rumination were the main influencing factors of PTG among frontline nurses and accounted for 42.5% of the variance (F=31.626, p<0.001).

Conclusions The PTG of frontline nurses was at a medium to high level and was influenced by working years, self-confidence in frontline work, awareness of risk, psychological intervention or training and deliberate rumination. It is necessary to strengthen psychological guidance and training for frontline nurses and promote their deliberate rumination on epidemic events to improve their PTG.

  • epidemiology
  • health care workers
  • rehabilitation
  • mental health
  • cross sectional studies

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https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2020-106540

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    • Contributors PpC: study concept and design, analysis of data and draft the manuscript; CC: study concept and design, revise the manuscript critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the version to be submitted; PpW and KW: acquisition of data and enter in database; ZP and PW: revise the manuscript critically for important intellectual content.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Ethics approval The study was approved by the ethics committee of the corresponding institute (approval number: 2020-KY-065).

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

    • Data availability statement All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information.

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