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Suboptimal health status of nurses in Wuhan, China during the COVID-19 outbreak
Huan Liu1, Jiali Fan2,3, Xiubing Tao1
1Wannan Medical College, The First Affiliated Hospital - Wuhu, China.
Objective:
This study analyzes the suboptimal health status (SHS) and influencing factors of nurses in Wuhan Hospital, China during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
Methods:
This study was conducted through an online survey, from March 1-7, 2020, in Wuhan, China. The data collection tools, such as Suboptimal Health Status Questionnaires, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Chinese version of the Perceived Stress Scale, were used.
Results:
The average value of suboptimal health status was 28.44 (standard deviation=15.15). The overall prevalence of SHS was 35.1%. Suboptimal health status of the nurses was significantly different based on their gender, age, whether they directly care for COVID-19 patients, anxiety level, and stress perception expect education. Multivariate analysis found that average sleep times per day, female, age, directly participate in the rescue of COVID-19, self-infection, and anxiety were the influencing factors of suboptimal health status.
Conclusions:
First-line nurses have poor suboptimal health status in Wuhan.
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