Relationship between work stressors and mental health in frontline nurses exposed to COVID-19: A structural equation model analysis.

Abstract The current cross-sectional study aimed to explore the relationship between work stressors and mental health in frontline nurses exposed to COVID-19. Participants were recruited from 16 general hospitals in Anhui province from February 2020 to March 2020. The general sociodemographic questionnaire, Nurse Job Stressors Scale, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire, NEO Five-Factor Inventory, Perceived Social Support Scale, and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale were used in this study. Based on 723 valid questionnaires retrieved (100%), the total mean scores of work stressors and mental health of frontline nurses were (94.38±23.42) and (22.81±7.16), respectively. The results of the structural equation model showed that work stressors had an indirect positive effect (β=0.484, P