Title : The importance of assessing the mental health of nurses and midwives from COVID 19
Abstract:
The mental health welfare of nurses and midwives is an urgent need that requires institutional support for professionals. Recent studies show the connection between SN and Covid 19 damages. This is the project of my PhD topic and the first study, on the impact of the mental health of nurses and midwives in Albania.
Objective: The impact of COVID 19 on the mental health of nurses and midwives in Albania. Research methods:
Descriptive research. The research question, has the outbreak of COVID 19 affected the mental health of nurses, midwives and how much do they need psychological support? Instrument: Anonymous questionnaire with language translation and cultural adaptation, approved by its drafting team, published in Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, www.elsevier.com/locate/apnu, Psychological effects of nurses and midwives due to COVID-19, The case of Turkey Yasemin Erkal Aksoy and Vesile Koçak, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2020.07.011.There are 15 University, Municipal and Regional hospitals, which have approved the survey of nurses and midwives.
Methodology. Personal Information Form, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, the measurement unit of the degree of damage.
Conclusion. This project will have direct benefits, the recognition of the psychological state of nurses - midwives, indirect benefits, for health policy makers in Albania and the world, to support and improve the mental health of professionals.
