Post-Traumatic Growth of Nurses in COVID-19 Designated Hospitals in Korea

Suk-Jung Han, Ji-Young Chun () and Hye-Jin Bae
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Suk-Jung Han: College of Nursing, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea
Ji-Young Chun: College of Nursing, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Republic of Korea
Hye-Jin Bae: Department of Nursing, Seoul Medical Center, Seoul 02053, Republic of Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Background: This descriptive survey aimed to identify the factors affecting the post-traumatic growth (PTG) of nurses in COVID-19 designated hospitals on the basis of a PTG model. Methods: A survey of 250 nurses working at three COVID-19 hospitals in Seoul, South Korea, was conducted from May to July 2021. The collected data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS 25 (IBM Inc., Armonk, NY, USA). Results: The participants in this study were mostly women (92.7%), and the average age and career duration were 32.08 and 7.88 years, respectively. The factors that significantly influenced the participants’ PTG were identified as marriage, religion, self-disclosure, deliberate rumination, meaning in life, and resilience. Conclusions: As new infectious diseases emerge, it is necessary to develop a program that can encourage self-disclosure and deliberate rumination, help nurses discover and pursue meaning in life, and enhance their ability to overcome trauma and promote PTG.

Keywords: COVID-19; post-traumatic stress disorder; post-traumatic growth; social support; rumination; resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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