Predictive factors affecting stress among nurses providing care at COVID-19 isolation hospitals at Egypt

Abstract Aims To examine predictive factors affecting stress among nurses providing care at COVID-19 Isolation Hospitals at Egypt Methods A cross-sectional study conducted in five Isolation governmental hospitals for COVID-19 374 nurses included at the study Characteristic forms, factors affecting nurses? stress and Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) were used to collect data Results (52 1%) of studied nurses had moderate level of total nursing stress scale Also, (26 2%) of them had severe level, while (13 4% & 8 3%) of them had mild and normal level, respectively Mean SD score of studied nurses regarding to total nursing stress scale was 99 47 ± 10 671 Conclusions Training for COVID-19, availability of PPE, educational level and attention of hospital administration were negative predictor factors for nurses? stress, while having children, people showed that COVID-19 is stigma, fears of infection, workplace, fear of transmission infection for family and nurse to patient ratio were positive predictors