Making and normalizing the corona anxiety questionnaire in nurses and its relationship with demographic characteristics and mental health
Subject Areas : Psychologymasoome ghobadian 1 * , mohammad jafar javady 2
1 - Psychometrics student, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Psychometric features, Corona anxiety scale, Mental health, nurses,
Abstract :
The purpose of this research was to making and normalizing the corona anxiety questionnaire in nurses and its relationship with demographic characteristics and mental health. The research method was a correlational survey. The statistical population included all nurses working in the corona department in the government hospitals of Tehran in the year 1400. A sample of 310 Nurses were selected from among them by cluster random sampling method. The tools used were researcher-made Corona Anxiety Questionnaire and Goldberg (1989) Standard Mental Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The validity of the questionnaires was calculated using factor analysis and its reliability with Cronbach's alpha for the Corona Anxiety Questionnaire (0.78) and the Mental Health Questionnaire (0.92). Exploratory factor analysis, descriptive tests and Pearson correlation were used for data analysis. The results showed that 23 items of corona anxiety can be divided into four factors: physical pressure; mental pressure; He categorized practical obsessions and required facilities. Also, the results of the descriptive statistics showed that the highest average in the questionnaire of corona anxiety in nurses is related to mental stress with an average of (M=15.57); Therefore, there is a positive and significant relationship between the anxiety of Corona and the level of mental health of nurses (P≤0.05).
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