COVID-19 deaths among nurses: a cross-sectional study
Occupational Medicine, cilt.71, sa.3, ss.131-135, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 71 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.1093/occmed/kqab035
- Dergi Adı: Occupational Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Environment Index, Index Islamicus, MEDLINE, Pollution Abstracts, Psycinfo, Veterinary Science Database
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.131-135
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Coronavirus, COVID-19, death, mental health nurse, nurse
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background: Nurses who are one of the pivotal elements of countries' strategic responses to COVID-19 are being exposed to COVID-19. Aims: To investigate the underlying characteristics of nurses who died due to COVID-19. Methods: On 1 September 2020, a grey literature search was conducted. Data obtained through Medscape, Google, PubMed, government and non-government websites. The search strategy was carried out using variants and combinations of keywords related to 'nurse' and 'COVID-19' in English. Abstracted data included age, gender, type of nurse, department of nursing, country, date of death and publication characteristics. Results: Out of reported 1518 COVID-19-related nurse deaths, details of age, gender and department of nursing were available for 766 (50%), 945 (62%) and 153 (10%) of nurses, respectively. The median age of the nurses was 56 years. The majority of deaths were reported in the 46- to 65 (32%)-year age range. While the registered nurses had the highest number of deaths according to types of nurses (680/957; 71%), they are mental health nurses (42/153; 28%) in the department of nursing. The countries with the most reported nurse deaths were USA, South Africa, Mexico and Russia. Conclusions: The predominance of deceased mental health nurses among nursing departments can be examined in future studies. Supportive health policies can be developed to increase the motivation of nurses.