ArticleIntensive & critical care nursing2021
Perceived and sources of occupational stress in intensive care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Article in Intensive & critical care nursing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.
- Influencing Factors of Nurses' Well-Being in Critical Care During Pandemic Era: A Systematic Review.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Pooled it
- Occupational stressors, coping strategies, and general health of critical care nurses during COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Association Between Shift Patterns and Occupational Stress and Perceived Professional Benefits Among Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Are Working Conditions of Nurses Associated With Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Stress Levels?International nursing review · 2025Article
- Relationships Between Nurses' Personal and Professional Characteristics and Career Decision Regret, Occupational Stress and Turnover Intention: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of nursing practice · 2025Article
- Psychological distress and resilience among Jordanian nurses in critical care units following the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Nurse stress and patient safety in the ICU: physician-led observational mixed-methods study.BMJ open quality · 2025Observational
- Under pressure - Nursing staff's perspectives on working hours and recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2024Article
- An online supportive music and imagery intervention to promote ICU nurses' stress management: Preliminary study.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Exploring stress management strategies among emergency medical service providers in Iran: a qualitative content analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Work & life stress experienced by professional workers during the pandemic: a gender-based analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Stress and Occupational Coping among Brazilian Nurses in Critical Care Units during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Levels and related factors of occupational stress among nurses: hospital-based evidence from China, 2023.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Occupational stress and associated factors among clinical nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in a Vietnamese tertiary hospital.PloS one · 2024Article
- Multicenter study on satisfaction, stress and working conditions in nursing in Latin American countries.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2024Article
- Perceived stress, stress coping strategies, and post-traumatic-growth among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 pandemic.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Occupational stress of physicians and nurses in emergency departments after contracting COVID-19 and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Occupational stress and burnout among intensive care unit nurses during the pandemic: A prospective longitudinal study of nurses in COVID and non-COVID units.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- "We are Tired but Do Not Give Up" the Dilemma and Challenges of Primary Nurses Facing the Omicron Variant: Qualitative Research.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Stress and burnout among Greek critical care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.AIMS public health · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo determine the level of occupational stress in intensive care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic and factors of perceived stress.
methodsThe study had a descriptive design. A total of 262 nurses working in adult intensive care units (ICUs) across Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic constituted the sample. Data were collected by an online survey and the Perceived Stress Scale-14. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one- way analysis of variance, regression analysis and Bonferroni test were used for data analysis.
resultsPercentage of nurses with moderate level of occupational stress was 62%. High working hours and nurse:patient ratios, heavy workload and failure in patient treatment were the main factors of occupational stress. Level of occupational stress was affected by gender, number of children, years of experience in intensive care and the type of work shift.
conclusionIntensive care nurses in Turkey experienced moderate stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interventions to prevent occupational stress among intensive care nurses in the long run might be implemented.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.