Prevalence of stress, depression, anxiety and sleep disturbance among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Journal of psychosomatic research Vol. 141; p. 110343
• Main Authors: Al Maqbali, Mohammed, Al Sinani, Mohammed, Al-Lenjawi, Badriya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.02.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Anxiety; Anxiety - epidemiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Depression - epidemiology; Depression, sleep disturbance; Epidemics; Health care; High risk; Humans; Infectious diseases; Medical personnel; Mental depression; Meta-analysis; Nurses; Nurses - psychology; Nurses, stress; Pandemics; Prevalence; Psychiatric/Mental Health; Psychological problems; Review; Reviews; Sleep; Sleep Wake Disorders - epidemiology; Statistical analysis; Stress; Stress, Psychological - epidemiology; Symptoms; Systematic review; Workforce; COVID-19; Systematic review; Anxiety; Nurses, stress; Depression, sleep disturbance; Meta-analysis

The new coronavirus disease's (COVID-19) high risk of infection can increase the workload of healthcare workers, especially nurses, as they are most of the healthcare workforce. These problems can lead to psychological problems. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis to...