Introduction:Due to the increasing number of Covid 19 disease in the world and the prevalence of the second wave of Covid 19 in Iran, we are witnessing the death of many of our compatriots in the country's hospitals every day. Meanwhile, the medical staff of hospitals, especially doctors and nurses, have the most conflicts with patients with Covid 19. Considering the very important issue of moral sensitivity in this period and its effect on the quality of performance of the treatment team, we decided to conduct a study to investigate the level of moral distress in nurses and physicians caring for patients with Covid 19. Methods and Materials:This cross-sectional descriptive study was performed in 1399 with available sampling on 103 nurses and physicians working in Peymaniyeh Hospital in Jahrom. Data collection tools in this study included the Demographic Information Questionnaire and the Corelli Moral Distress Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 21 and descriptive and inferential statistical tests at a significant level of p <0.05. Results:In this study, 103 nurses and physicians involved with patients with Covid 19 participated. The mean severity and recurrence of moral distress were 47.98± 17.69 and 47.82± 16.78, respectively. A higher score indicates the severity and recurrence of higher moral distress. The level of severity and recurrence of moral distress was low in the majority of caregivers. The severity and recurrence of moral distress in clinicians was higher than nurses and general practitioners, but there was no significant relationship between job and severity and recurrence of moral distress (p-value <0.05). Conclusion:The results of this study showed that the level of moral distress in the present study is very low. Since the consequences of moral distress can affect the quality of nurses' occupational therapy in the health system, so the serious attention of managers to use training programs related to ethical issues with the aim of identifying the symptoms of moral distress and the factors affecting it. It also seems necessary to do more research to identify other dimensions of moral distress in other medical centers.
Introduction:Many nurses face the challenge of balancing their work and family roles. Nowadays, the Coronavirus pandemic has become a major concern among the people and the World Health Organization. The healthcare workers face more conflicts arising from work and family due to the number of shifts, hardship and long hours. The aim of this research is to study the work-family conflict for the nurses and doctors taking care of COVID-19 patients in Jahrom province. Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in 2020 on 103 nurses and doctors who were in contact with COVID-19 patients, working in hospitals associated with Jahrom medical sciences university. The tools for gathering data in this study included two questionnaires with the subjects of demographic information and the work and family conflict. Data analysis was carried out by SPSS, version 21 plus descriptive and inferential statistical tests. Results: 16.5 percent of nurses and doctors had travelled during the Coronavirus pandemic and 42.2 percent of them had taken ethics courses. The average work-family conflict was 52.75 ± 13.96. The level of workfamily conflict was lower than the average (48.26%) in most cases. Regarding different aspects of workfamily conflict, the conflict level was higher than the average (56.84 ± 21.01), while the conflict level based on behavior (45.30±22.47 and pressure (43.33±23.72) was lower than the average. The workfamily conflict among the healthcare workers who had taken the ethics course was meaningfully lower that the others (P-value = 0.049), but there was no meaningful relationship between the other demographic variables and the work-family conflict (P-value < 0.05) Conclusion:The work-study conflict for nurses and doctors taking care of COVID-19 patients in Jahrom province is lower than average. The data achieved by this study can be a basis for the beginning of further research and having educational workshops for healthcare workers. This will also help the medical field decision-makers to have a more effective planning.
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