ANXIETY AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG FRONTLINE NURSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN SELECTED HOSPITALS OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL (Original Research)
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Title
ANXIETY AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG FRONTLINE NURSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN SELECTED HOSPITALS OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL (Original Research)
Subject
Anxiety; COVID-19; factors; Nepal; nurses
Description
Introduction: Frontline warier especially, nursing workforce were at potential risk of
anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic that could affect their well-being and work
performance. Thus, this study aimed to assess the level of anxiety and its associated
factors among frontline nurses working in selected hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted during period of January
2022 to February 2022 in Shree Birendra Hospital and Nepal Police Hospital of
Kathmandu, Nepal. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select
101 nurses involving in the direct management of COVID-19 patients. Selfadministered method using pretested tool was used to collect the data. Descriptive
statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to
describe selected variables. Fisher exact test was used to find out the association
between anxiety and selected variables.
Results: More than half of the nurses (66.3%) had mild to moderate level of anxiety
whereas, only 8.9% of nurses had severe anxiety. Age (p=0.005), high risk group in
family (0.048), fear of being infected with COVID 19 (p=0.021), and working
department (p=<0.001) were found to be statistically significant with anxiety among
frontline nurses.
Conclusion: Frontline nurses are facing high burden of anxiety during COVID 19
Pandemic. It suggests the need of planning of appropriate coping strategies and
interventions to safeguard nurses from the physiological distress and consequences
of anxiety, ultimately enabling them to provide quality health services.
anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic that could affect their well-being and work
performance. Thus, this study aimed to assess the level of anxiety and its associated
factors among frontline nurses working in selected hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted during period of January
2022 to February 2022 in Shree Birendra Hospital and Nepal Police Hospital of
Kathmandu, Nepal. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select
101 nurses involving in the direct management of COVID-19 patients. Selfadministered method using pretested tool was used to collect the data. Descriptive
statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to
describe selected variables. Fisher exact test was used to find out the association
between anxiety and selected variables.
Results: More than half of the nurses (66.3%) had mild to moderate level of anxiety
whereas, only 8.9% of nurses had severe anxiety. Age (p=0.005), high risk group in
family (0.048), fear of being infected with COVID 19 (p=0.021), and working
department (p=<0.001) were found to be statistically significant with anxiety among
frontline nurses.
Conclusion: Frontline nurses are facing high burden of anxiety during COVID 19
Pandemic. It suggests the need of planning of appropriate coping strategies and
interventions to safeguard nurses from the physiological distress and consequences
of anxiety, ultimately enabling them to provide quality health services.
Creator
Prakash Ghimire, and Alisha Khadka
Source
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.20473/pnj.v5i2.45854
Publisher
UNAIR
Date
September 2023
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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ISSN : 26563894
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Language
English
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Prakash Ghimire, and Alisha Khadka, “ANXIETY AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG FRONTLINE NURSES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN SELECTED HOSPITALS OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL (Original Research),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 26, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/11814.