Nursing professionals' mental well-being and workplace impairment during the COVID-19 crisis: A Network analysis
1College of Nursing, University of Missouri St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Aim:
To investigate the effects of years of nursing experience and mental health on work impairment among nurses during the COVID-19 crisis.
Background:
During the COVID-19 crisis, nurses experience a greater psychological burden than other health care workers. Studies have not yet investigated the effects of years in nursing and mental health on potential work impairment during the COVID-19 crisis in nurses.
Methods:
A survey was administered to 83 nurses on active duty during the COVID-19 crisis. The graphical LASSO and the DAG helped estimate the associations between years of nursing experience, mental health and work impairment.
Results:
A moderate negative correlation emerged between years of nursing experience, avoidance and work impairment. A direct effect was observed between anxiety and work impairment. A moderate positive correlation emerged between anxiety, depression and work impairment. An indirect effect was observed between depression, burnout, insomnia, years of nursing experience and work impairment.
Conclusions:
In the present sample, nurses' work impairment decreased with greater years of nursing experience and increased with higher anxiety, depression, burnout and avoidance levels.
Implications For Nursing Management:
These findings can help design effective infectious disease management programmes for students and professionals in nursing to prevent breakdowns and avoid work impairment.
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