Irak kerkük'te COVID-19 izolasyon koşullarında çalışan hemşirelerin merhamet yorgunlukları ve kaygı düzeyleri arasındaki ilişki

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered many psychological concerns and effects on nurses, such as anxiety and compassion fatigue. Working with the pandemic has created a lot of anxiety, stress, and fear for nurses about getting infected and transmitting the infection to their families. This study aimed to examine the relationship between compassion fatigue and anxiety levels of nurses working in COVID-19 isolation wards in Kirkuk, Iraq. Descriptive correlational design was used in this study. In this study, the nurses working in the COVID-19 isolation wards were selected by purposive sampling (n=170) between 10-17 September 2022. Sociodemographic Information Form, Compassion Fatigue Scale and State Anxiety Inventory were used in data collection through face-to-face interviews with nurses. Descriptive statistics, Levene test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Independent sample t-test, One-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation analyses were used to analyze data. The mean score of the Compassion Fatigue Scale for nurses working in the COVID-19 isolation wards was 39.53±8.76. The mean score of the State Anxiety Inventory for nurses working in the COVID-19 isolation wards was 50.97±7.45. This study determined that nurses working in the COVID-19 isolation wards had moderate compassion fatigue and state anxiety levels. The results also showed a statistical significance between compassion fatigue and gender, age, and nursing experience, while state anxiety levels showed a statistically significant relationship with educational level (p<0.05). There was no statistically significant relationship between compassion fatigue and state anxiety of nurses working in the COVID-19 isolation wards (p>0.05). Consultation liaison psychiatric nurses have important roles in reducing compassion fatigue and anxiety levels of nurses working in COVID-19 isolation wards. For this reason, consultation liaison psychiatric nurses need to take an active role in developing strategies that will reduce the compassion fatigue and anxiety of nurses working in COVID-19 isolation wards and support their strengthening, and in conducting studies with a high level of evidence.