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Psychological Trauma Factors of Military Hospital Nursing Staff during the COVID-19 Situation

  • 군진간호연구
  • Abbr : Korean Journal of Military Nursing Research
  • 2023, 41(2), pp.25~37
  • DOI : 10.31148/kjmnr.2023.41.2.25
  • Publisher : Military Health Policy Research Center
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Nursing Science > General Nursing > Nursing Education
  • Received : May 14, 2023
  • Accepted : June 7, 2023
  • Published : June 30, 2023

Jeon, So-Yeon 1 Hwang Sunyoung 2 Seo, Yangsook 3 Yu, Jeong A 4

1해양의료원 외래응급간호과장
2국군간호사관학교
3국군수도병원
4국군의무사령부

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ABSTRACT

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the level of perceived stress, meaning of life, and social support on psychological trauma and identify factors that influence the psychological trauma of military hospital nursing staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A descriptive predictive design was used. Data were collected using questionnaires from a convenience sample of 115 military hospital nursing staff who had experience in caring for COVID-19 patients in 2021. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple linear regression. Results: The mean scores of the perceived stress, meaning of life, social support, and psychological trauma were 17.05, 51.44, 55.78, and 24.69 respectively. Psychological trauma differed significantly according to age (F=5.49, p=.005), clinical career (F=3.56, p=.014), and position (F=8.11, p=.001). Psychological trauma was correlated with social support (r=-.31, p=.001). Multiple regression analysis showed that psychological trauma accounted for 16.0% of the variance by position (β=0.40, p=.003), and social support (β=-0.26, p=.004) (F=5.29, p<.001). Conclusion: The results of the study show that social support and nursing staff’s position are important determinants of psychological trauma in military hospital nursing staffs. These results suggest that strategies focusing on social support and the promotion of the mental health of nursing civilians should be developed to reduce the psychological trauma of nursing staff in military hospitals.

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