Social distancing mediates clinical work and depression: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses
The study findings support that perceived social distancing due to COVID-19 pandemic from others toward nurses may have influential impact on elevated depression, especially for nurses worked in the acute critical care. Thus, emotional support should be emphasized, and avenues for stress relief should be provided as well as creating a supportive workplace environment is crucial to nurses and patient safety.
Authors
- Tony Szu‐Hsien Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2574-3372)
- En Chao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2117-2886)
- Shuchen Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3316-9908)
Institutions
- National Taiwan Normal University (TW)
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (TW)
- Tri-Service General Hospital Songshan Branch (TW)
- National Defense Medical Center (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1437766
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00