A Descriptive Study to Assess the Level of Attitude and Anxiety of Nursing Officers towards Taking Care of COVID-19 patients in selected Hospitals, Puducherry

Author:

Jasmine Jasmine1,Gayathri Gayathri2,Indu Geddam2,Gunavathi Gunavathi2,Harine Harine2,Ilakiya Ilakiya2

Affiliation:

1. Professor in Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, College of Nursing, MTPG & RIHS, Puducherry.

2. B.Sc. Nursing Final Year Students, College of Nursing, MTPG & RIHS, Puducherry.

Abstract

A descriptive study was undertaken to assess the level of attitude and anxiety of Nursing officers towards taking care of COVID-19 patients in selected hospitals, Puducherry. The objectives of the study were to assess the perceived level of attitude of Nursing officers towards taking care of COVID-19 patients, to assess the anxiety level of Nursing officers working with COVID-19 patients, to correlate the level of attitude and level of anxiety, to correlate the level of attitude and anxiety with selected demographic variables. The research approach used for this study was the qualitative approach and the design selected was descriptive. A total of 50 nursing officers were selected by using the purposive sampling technique. The tool used for this study was a self-structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study findings concluded the majority of Nursing officers showed an intermittent level of attitude, majority of Nursing officers faced mild anxiety. The study reveals a moderately negative correlation coefficient r = -0.38215. It indicates anxiety of the nursing officers decreased when attitude increased. p = 0.01418 there was significance between the level of attitude and anxiety. There was no significance found between the level of attitude and anxiety with selected demographic variables.

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A and V Publications

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