The impact of fear of COVID-19 on job stress, and turnover intentions of frontline nurses in the community: A cross-sectional study in the Philippines.

Abstract

This study aimed to assess fear of COVID-19 among nurses in a community setting The COVID-19 pandemic is a threat to the nurses' physical and psychological well-being Mounting studies discussed the well-being of nurses in hospital setting, and very little attention was directed toward frontline nurses in the community This study used a cross-sectional design using self-report questionnaires Results revealed that nurses display moderate to high fear of COVID-19 and that the female gender, t = -2 11, p = 036, is correlated to fear of the virus Moreover, the nurses' fear influences their job stress (beta = 0 35, p = 001) and organizational (beta = 0 24, p = 001) and professional (beta = 0 23, p = 001) turnover intentions Fear of COVID-19 is universal among nurses Fear of COVID-19 is associated to the community nurse's work-related distress and may influence their intention to leave their jobs and the nursing profession There is a need to assess the factors associated with the fear to better address the nurses' psychological well-being and to avoid turnover intentions (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)