COVID-19 Pandemi Sürecinde Yoğun Bakım Hemşirelerinde Aleksitimi, Empati ve Tükenmişlik Düzeyi Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Objectives: The study aims to determine the relationship between in intensive care nurses’ alexithymia, empathic tendency, and burnout levels in the COVID-19 pandemic process. Material and Methods: The cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 170 intensive care nurses. Data were collected between February and March 2021 as online. Data collection tools were Nurse Information Form, Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20, Empathic Tendencies Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results: The mean alexithymia was 51.4± 10.7. A quarter of the intensive care nurses were alexithymic. Empathic tendencies levels were slightly above average and burnout subdimensions mean were medium. Multiple regression analysis results show that the built regression model is statistically significant (F (2,167) = 36.4, p