Predicting Nurses' Quality of Life Based on Coronavirus-Induced Anxiety and Cognitive Flexibility

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 M.A. in Clinical Psychology. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical and General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and general Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: A study of the conducted research shows that with the spread of corona disease, nurses, as one of the main groups dealing with the disease, are facing an increase in psychological issues and a decrease in the quality of life, therefore, the current research aims to predict the quality of nurses' life based on chronic anxiety and cognitive flexibility.
Method: The design of the present study was descriptive-correlational. The study population included all nurses employed in hospitals in the province of Kermanshah in 1400, 360 of whom answered the survey questions by available sampling method and online. Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-36), coronavirus-induced anxiety Alipour et al. (CDAS), and Dennis and Vanderwall cognitive flexibility inventory (CFI) questionnaires were used for research and data collection.
Results: The results of this study indicated that the quality of life of nurses has a significant negative relationship with the coronavirus-induced anxiety variables and its subscales ( ) and a significant positive relation to cognitive flexibility and its sub-scales ( ). Furthermore, the analysis of the regression results demonstrated that the coronavirus-induced anxiety and cognitive flexibility variables can collectively account for 20.8% of changes in the quality of life variable.
Discussion and conclusion: Considering that the matter of the quality of life of nurses is important for both themselves and the health of society, and The results of this study demonstrated that an acceptable percent of this variable can be explained by coronavirus-induced anxiety and cognitive flexibility, Programs in the field of anxiety management, familiarity with cognitive flexibility and its promotion by a psychologist can be implemented online or in person.

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