TY - JOUR AU - Vu, Thu-Trang AU - Vu, Dung AU - Phan, Hoang-Trong AU - Pham, Tien-Nam AU - Nguyen, Hung-Hoa AU - Thai, Thu-Hang PY - 2022/10/09 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Evaluating the Stress Factors of Dermatology Nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam JF - International Journal of Ayurvedic Medicine JA - IJAM VL - 13 IS - 3 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.47552/ijam.v13i3.3037 UR - https://ijam.co.in/index.php/ijam/article/view/3037 SP - 728-737 AB - <p>Objectives: Nursing is among the top three most stressful jobs, yet stress in nurses has diminishing impacts on their personal health and productivity. The COVID-19 pandemic might elevate stress in nurses, in particular dermatology nurses. This study aims to examine the prevalence of stress among dermatology nurses and its related factors. Methodology: A cross-section study was conducted among 154 nurses at the National Hospital of Dermatology and Venereology in Vietnam. Data were collected during the third cluster of COVID-19 pandemic spread in Hanoi. Nurse stress was measured by stress items of the DASS-21. Factors related to stress included personal, family, work-related and social factors. Results: 51.9% of nurses met the criteria for stress according to DASS-21. All nurses reported at least 1 symptom of stress in the past week. Factors significantly related to stress among nurses included personal, family, work-related and social factors. While many factors in these four groups created stress in nurses, only work-related and social factors elevated the severity of stress in nurses. Conclusion: Hospital management should develop strategies to support nurses deal with stress, since most of the factors that elevate stress can be addressed by system-level interventions, such as management of professional relationships, organizational justice, and the welfare system.</p> ER -