Evaluation of anxiety, psychological resilience and codependency in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Aims: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate anxiety levels in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic and to examine the relationship between psychological resilience and codependency levels and anxiety levels. Methods: The study was conducted on 152 nurses actively working in a pandemic hospital during the COVID-19 outbreak. Sociodemographic Information Form, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Spann-Fischer Codependency Scale, Brief Resilience Scale were used as data collection tools. Results: As a result of the study, anxiety and codependency scores of nurses working in high-risk pandemic units during the pandemic were higher and psychological resilience scores were lower than those working in low-risk units. When the relationship between anxiety, psychological resilience and codependency in the research group was examined; a negative and highly significant relation was found between psychological resilience and anxiety and between psychological resilience and codependency, and a positive and highly significant relation was found between anxiety and codependency (p