SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Front Line Nurses: A Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence.
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- Levels of Anxiety and Fear among Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Journal of nursing management · 2023Pooled it
- Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on Intensive Care Unit Personnel: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey Assessment Before, During, and After the First Peak.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- COVID-19-Related Effects on the Psychological Well-Being and Resilience of Frontline Expatriate Nurses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Experiences, challenges, and training reflections of nurses in isolation wards during different pandemic prevention policy periods: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- A Study of the Impact of the Teachings of the Quran on the Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and Resilience of Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients in Iran.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Visualising the voices of nursing: a co-designed video capturing the lived experiences of nurses in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Influence of sleep duration and quality on depression symptoms among nurses during the Omicron outbreak: a cross-sectional survey.BMC nursing · 2025Article
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- Shared Trauma: An evolutionary model concept analysis in light of COVID-19.International journal of mental health nursing · 2024Review
- Experiences of family caregivers of nurses infected with COVID-19: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Nurses' perceptions of the performance of nurse managers and senior hospital management during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Experiences of Spanish out-of-hospital emergency workers with high levels of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Factors Contributing to Nurses' Intention to Leave the Profession: A Qualitative Study in Catalonia, Spain, following the Latest Waves of COVID-19.Journal of nursing management · 2024Article
- Nurses' Perceptions Regarding Their Professional Commitment and Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mediating effect of work stress in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and nurses' organizational and professional turnover intentions.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2023Article
- Nurses' perception of work and life under COVID-19 pandemic conditions: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Hospital response challenges and strategies during COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Impacts of the Early COVID-19 Response on Allied Health Staff Within an Australian Tertiary Health Service: A Qualitative Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Experiences of discharge planning practices among Indonesian nurses: A qualitative study.Belitung nursing journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
Caring for people with COVID-19 on the front line has psychological impacts for healthcare professionals. Despite the important psychological impacts of the pandemic on nurses, the qualitative evidence on this topic has not been synthesized. Our objective: To analyze and synthesize qualitative studies that investigate the perceptions of nurses about the psychological impacts of treating hospitalized people with COVID-19 on the front line. A systematic review of qualitative studies published in English or Spanish up to March 2021 was carried out in the following databases: The Cochrane Library, Medline (Pubmed), PsycINFO, Web of Science (WOS), Scopus, and CINHAL. The PRISMA statement and the Cochrane recommendations for qualitative evidence synthesis were followed. Results: The main psychological impacts of caring for people with COVID-19 perceived by nurses working on the front line were fear, anxiety, stress, social isolation, depressive symptoms, uncertainty, and frustration. The fear of infecting family members or being infected was the main repercussion perceived by the nurses. Other negative impacts that this review added and that nurses suffer as the COVID-19 pandemic progress were anger, obsessive thoughts, compulsivity, introversion, apprehension, impotence, alteration of space-time perception, somatization, and feeling of betrayal. Resilience was a coping tool used by nurses. Conclusions: Front line care for people with COVID-19 causes fear, anxiety, stress, social isolation, depressive symptoms, uncertainty, frustration, anger, obsessive thoughts, compulsivity, introversion, apprehension, impotence, alteration of space-time perception, somatization, and feeling of betrayal in nurses. It is necessary to provide front line nurses with the necessary support to reduce the psychological impact derived from caring for people with COVID-19, improve training programs for future pandemics, and analyze the long-term impacts.
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