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Isfahani P, Shabani Borang M, Mirboluki E, Rasoulkhani F, Arefi M, Alirezaei S, et al . Anxiety in Iranian Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Meta-Analysis. Payesh 2023; 22 (6) :749-759
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Parvaneh Isfahani1 
, Mahnaz Shabani Borang1 , Elham Mirboluki1 , Faezeh Rasoulkhani1 , Marzieh Arefi2 , Samira Alirezaei3 , Mahnaz Afshari * 3, Somayeh Samani1
, Mahnaz Shabani Borang1 , Elham Mirboluki1 , Faezeh Rasoulkhani1 , Marzieh Arefi2 , Samira Alirezaei3 , Mahnaz Afshari * 3, Somayeh Samani1
1- Department of Health Services Management, Faculty of Health, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
2- Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
3- Research Center for Social Determinant of Health, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran
2- Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
3- Research Center for Social Determinant of Health, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran
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Objective (s): The outbreak of Covid-19 induced many psychological consequences on various segments of society, including nurses. Fear and anxiety caused by the Covid-19 epidemic in nurses, in addition to triggering mental disorders, could reduce the quality of services and increase the costs of the health system. Therefore, this study was performed to assess anxiety of Iranian nurses during the corona epidemic.
Methods: This meta-analysis included all published papers reporting on anxiety in Iranian nurses during the corona epidemic. Heterogeneity of studies was evaluated using theI2 index and the probability of diffusion in diffusion by Egger test and meta-regression model to evaluate the variables suspected of heterogeneity at a significance level of 0.05. Finally, 15 articles were analyzed using CMA software.
Results: Based on the random-effects model, the mean and standard deviation of the anxiety of Iranian nurses during the corona pandemic was equal to 21.96 ± 3.18 (10.17-15.71; 95% confidence interval). The highest mean and standard deviation of nurses' anxiety in 2020 was equal to 44.08 ± 0.76 (42.58- 45.57; 95% confidence interval) and the lowest mean and standard deviation of nurses' anxiety in 2020 was equal to 4.37 ± 0.38 (3.60 -5.13; 95% confidence interval). There was also a significant relationship between sample size and anxiety of Iranian nurses during the corona epidemic (P <0.05).
Conclusion: The results showed that nurses suffered from anxiety during the corona epidemic. The findings suggest there is need to take appropriate preventive measures among nurses during such crisis.
Methods: This meta-analysis included all published papers reporting on anxiety in Iranian nurses during the corona epidemic. Heterogeneity of studies was evaluated using theI2 index and the probability of diffusion in diffusion by Egger test and meta-regression model to evaluate the variables suspected of heterogeneity at a significance level of 0.05. Finally, 15 articles were analyzed using CMA software.
Results: Based on the random-effects model, the mean and standard deviation of the anxiety of Iranian nurses during the corona pandemic was equal to 21.96 ± 3.18 (10.17-15.71; 95% confidence interval). The highest mean and standard deviation of nurses' anxiety in 2020 was equal to 44.08 ± 0.76 (42.58- 45.57; 95% confidence interval) and the lowest mean and standard deviation of nurses' anxiety in 2020 was equal to 4.37 ± 0.38 (3.60 -5.13; 95% confidence interval). There was also a significant relationship between sample size and anxiety of Iranian nurses during the corona epidemic (P <0.05).
Conclusion: The results showed that nurses suffered from anxiety during the corona epidemic. The findings suggest there is need to take appropriate preventive measures among nurses during such crisis.
type of study: Systematic Reviw |
Subject:
Helath Services Management
Received: 2023/02/27 | Accepted: 2023/09/9 | ePublished ahead of print: 2023/09/23 | Published: 2023/11/5
Received: 2023/02/27 | Accepted: 2023/09/9 | ePublished ahead of print: 2023/09/23 | Published: 2023/11/5
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