Fear of COVID-19 and Job Stress in Nursing Professionals in Lima, Peru

Neal Henry Reyes-Gastañadui; María Teresa Cabanillas-Chavez; Monica Elisa Meneses-La-Riva; Josefina Amanda Suyo-Vega; Wilter C. Morales-García; Ana da Costa Polonia

doi:10.36941/ajis-2023-0109

Authors

Neal Henry Reyes-Gastañadui Unidad de Posgrado de Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela de Posgrado, Universidad Peruana Unión, Carretera Central Km 19.5 Ñaña, Chosica, Perú
María Teresa Cabanillas-Chavez Unidad de Posgrado de Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela de Posgrado, Universidad Peruana Unión, Carretera Central Km 19.5 Ñaña, Chosica, Perú
Monica Elisa Meneses-La-Riva Unidad de Posgrado de Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela de Posgrado, Universidad Peruana Unión, Carretera Central Km 19.5 Ñaña, Chosica, Perú; Division of Research, Universidad César Vallejo, Lima, Perú
Josefina Amanda Suyo-Vega Unidad de Posgrado de Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela de Posgrado, Universidad Peruana Unión, Carretera Central Km 19.5 Ñaña, Chosica, Perú; Division of Research, Universidad César Vallejo, Lima, Perú
Wilter C. Morales-García Escuela de Medicina Humana, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, Perú
Ana da Costa Polonia Centro Universitário Euro, St. de Grandes Áreas Norte 916, North Wing, Brasilia, Federal District, 70790-160, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2023-0109

Keywords:

Fear of COVID-19, work stress, nursing professionals, hospital setting

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic made the importance of nursing care within the healthcare environment visible. The lack of this human resource is essential to provide direct care to patients in meeting basic needs and specialized care for health recovery. However, the new disease brought a lot of fear and fear of getting sick or dying from COVID-19, causing various human responses or emotional problems. The study's objective was to determine the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and work stress in nursing professionals in hospital institutions in Lima. The sample consisted of 515 nursing professionals working in the various hospital services of health institutions in Lima. The fear of COVID-19 scale (7 items) and Work Stress scale (12 items) were used. It was concluded that the greater the fear of COVID-19, the greater the work stress in nursing professionals, since the results obtained indicated an excellent and positive relationship (0.779) between these variables.

Received: 22 March 2023 / Accepted: 11 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023