Correlations among family functions, lifestyles and resilience of nurses working in COVID-19 intensive care units in post-corona era

ABSTRACT

Background:

Despite the passing of time since the outbreak of Covid-19, the virus still impacts individuals and families. Hence, the present study investigated the effect of corona pandemic on correlations among nurses’ family functions, lifestyles, and resilience.

Method:

The present descriptive-correlational study examined 205 nurses working in Covid-19 Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in 2021–2022. The subjects were selected by convenience sampling and three questionnaires on family functioning, lifestyle and resilience were used to collect data, which were then analyzed by the Pearson correlation coefficient and Fisher’s test.

Results:

A negative correlation was observed between the FAD Total score and the Lifestyle Scale during COVID-19 (r = −0.15, 95% CI: −0.28 to −0.01, P = 0.031) and Resilience Scale Total Score (r = −0.16, 95% CI: −0.29 to −0.03, P = 0.020). We found a positive correlation between the Lifestyle Scale during COVID-19 Total score and the Resilience Scale Total score (r = 0.59, 95% CI: 0.49–0.67, P < 0.001).

Conclusion:

The results of the study revealed moderate resilience, lifestyle, and family functioning of nurses. Also, family functioning negatively correlated with lifestyle and resilience, i.e. nurses with family dysfunctions manifested weaker lifestyle and resilience, mostly due to Civid-19 complications. Thus, nurse-supporting programs dealing with the unpredictable care and treatment process of Covid-19 patients must be presented.

KEYWORDS:

• Family functions
• lifestyle
• resilience
• nurse
• Covid-19

Acknowledgments

The researchers would like to express their gratitude to the authorities of the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, the authorities of the Shahid Modarres Hospital, and the research participants.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare no competing interest.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Ethical considerations

This article was extracted from the research project approved by the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Ethics code: IR.SBMU.RETECH.REC.1400.929).

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Funding

The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.

Notes on contributors

Atefe Salimi Akinabadi

Atefe Salimi Akinabadi is a Master of Medical Surgical Nursing, Clinical Research Development Center, Shahid Modarres Educational Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

Sorour Khari

Sorour Khari is a Master of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha

Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha is working for the Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

Mitra Zandi

Mitra Zandi is an associate professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.