Prevalence and predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress among Jordanian nurses during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

Abstract

Background

COVID-19 is an infectious disease with a wide range of physical and psychological health threats among health care workers, in particular, nurses because they spend a long time caring for their patients.

Aims

To investigate the prevalence and predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress among Jordanian nurses.

Methods

This study was conducted among 405 nurses using an online survey from March 3, 2020 to March 24, 2020. The Arabic version of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS) was used.

Results

the findings of this study showed that depression, anxiety, and stress were highly prevalent among nurses (57.8, 42.4, and 50.1%, respectively). Those who had close contact with a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient showed stronger psychological reactions than their counterparts. The full regression models in terms of depression, anxiety, and stress which contained gender, number of children, and dealing with a person with COVID-19 were statistically significant (F_{(3, 216)} = 11.801; p < 0.001), (F_{(3, 216)} = 10.501; p < 0.001), and (F_{(3, 216)} = 11.659; p < 0.001), respectively.

Conclusion

In the COVID-19 pandemic, the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress are high among Jordanian nursing working in clinical settings. Hence, the mental health status of nurses should be given a priority, with a specific emphasis on those who are in contact with infected patients with COVID-19, female nurses, and those who have children.

Keywords:

• Anxiety
• COVID-19
• depression
• Jordan
• nurses
• psychological
• stress

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge all the nurses who participated in this study.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflict of interest.