Resilience, depression and self-efficacy among Brazilian nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

This aim of this study was to analyze levels of resilience, depression and self-efficacy among Brazilian nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted an analytical cross-sectional study between October and December 2020. Student’s t test, analysis of variance and multiple linear regression were used to investigate the impact of two main factors (Resilience and Self-efficacy) on depression. A total of 8,792 nursing professionals participated in the study; 5,124 (58.8%) had low levels of resilience. The mean overall score for Depression was 0.74, ranging from 0.59 to 0.80, while the mean overall score for Self-efficacy was 0.68, ranging from 0.56 to 0.80. The variable that had the strongest impact on depression levels was Resilience, explaining 6.6% of the outcome (p < 0.001, AdjustedR2 = 0.066). In general, respondents had low levels of resilience and self-efficacy and showed high mean depression scores. Level of resilience had an impact on depression. The findings reveal an urgent need for actions to promote the psychological health of nursing professionals working in crisis situations such as pandemics.

From Anxiety to Hardiness: The Role of Self-Efficacy in Spanish CCU Nurses in the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…In this sense, self-efficacy is a fundamental variable to strengthen the link between anxiety and hardiness during the experience of stressful work situations by CCU nurses. Previous literature has shown that self-efficacy plays a mediating role between optimism and happiness, which in turn influences coping with difficult situations, since people with low self-efficacy show pessimistic attitudes in response to problematic circumstances [25].…”

“…It is known that self-efficacy plays an important role after psychological trauma, contributing to reducing short-and long-term anxiety levels through a positive evaluation of one's ability to cope with the traumatic event and its consequences [24]. During the COVID-19 pandemic, self-efficacy has been studied in nurses as a personality trait that mitigates levels of anxiety, depression and burnout generated by pandemicderived trauma [25,26].…”