北部某醫學中心照顧新冠肺炎護理人員自覺壓力之相關因素探討

Background: Coronavirus disease, also called COVID-19, has caused a global pandemic. The number of cases and deaths of COVID-19 continues to increase. Nursing staffs are also under a lot of stress when caring for the patients with COVID-19. Self-efficacy is considered to be the most effective predictor of healthy behavior. However, there is little research on the relationship between self-efficacy and perceived stress of nursing staffs who were caring for the patients with COVID-19 at present. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and perceived stress and related factors among nursing staffs caring for patients with COVID-19. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, and descriptive study design. Data were collected on demographic, working-related characteristics, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14) in a medical center of Northern Taiwan. We performed descriptive statistics and inferential statistics including Pearson's correlation coefficients, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and a multiple linear regression model. A threshold of p ＜ 0.05 was set as a statistical significance. Results: A total of 205 nursing staffs participated in this study. The results showed that self-efficacy, and age were the predictors of perceived stress among nursing staffs caring for patients with COVID-19. Nursing staffs who had higher self-efficacy, the less perceived stress level [β = -0.76, 95% confidence interval (CI) = -0.91~ -0.61]; the older age, the higher perceived stress level (β = 0.31, 95%CI = 0.06~ 0.55). Conclusion: Based on this finding, it is proposed that self-efficacy and age were the important predictors of perceived stress among the nursing staffs caring for the patients with COVID-19. Therefore, it is suggested to provide nursing interventions to enhance the self-efficacy of nursing staffs and decrease the perceived stress level to improve patient safety and quality of care.