Investigating the Relationship Between Corona Anxiety and Nursing Care Behaviors Working in Coronary Referral Hospitals

Introduction: The prevalence of Coronavirus and its health-related psychosocial consequences is one of the most important human social events of the 21st century. Nurses, due to close contact with patients vulnerable to infection Covid-19. Therefore they face severe psychological consequences. This study was done with purpose of determining the relationship between Coronachr('39')s anxiety and nursing care behaviors in working in Corona referral hospitals in Kerman in 2020. Method: The present study is a cross-sectional descriptive-correlational research. Sampling was performed by census method. A total of 166 nurses entered the study. In the present study, three questionnaires of demographic, Corona Disease Anxiety Scale(CDAS) and Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI) were used. Analysis was done with using Descriptive and Inferential statistic SPSS 18 software. Results: The overall score of Corona anxiety in the nurses studied was 21/39 ±9/8 and the overall score of the nursing behavior of the studied nurses was 109/7 ± 4/2 with a range of 94 to 118. Spearmanchr('39')s correlation coefficient showed that there was no significant relationship between corona anxiety and caring behaviors. Discussion: The present study showed that nurses working in corona wards suffer from moderate anxiety and the level of caring behaviors provided by nurses was optimal. According to the findings of the present study, it is suggested that during the outbreak of emerging and epidemic diseases, in order to reduce the anxiety of nursing staff, coping strategies and resilience skills and problem solving, managers should pay more attention.