RESEARCH PROJECT-2021

HANNAH E (19MSW020)
TITLE :
“A STUDY ON COGNITIVE AND
BEHAVIORAL IMPACTS OF COVID-19
ON NURSES”
 INTRODUCTION
 The world is facing the outbreak of COVID-19 since the end of December 2019.The outbreak of the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19)
 Nursing is the process of recognizing understanding, and meeting the health needs of any person or society and is
based upon a constantly changing body of scientific knowledge.
 Nurses are the most vulnerable group of medical staff who care for patients with COVID-19. Nurses are exposed to
the virus and encounter various physical and mental complications, even death.
 A global pandemic needs strong nursing staff engagement in clinical management, awareness and knowledge
exchange, and public safety so, that they can be effectively provide their services to the patients.
 A mentally healthy nurse feels, thinks and acts harmoniously. During this pandemic situation it is merely for nurses
to have a strong stability of mental and behavioral access.
 Nurses have to acquire information, knowledge, and skills hopefully they will also develop the appropriate
attitudes, so that by the time they qualify not only their patients, but also other members.
Cognition
 Cognition is a term referring to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension.

 These cognitive processes include thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving. These are higher-
level functions of the brain and encompass perception, and planning.
 Cognitive processes affect every aspect of life, from school to work to relationships and vise versa. Cognitive
biases are systematic errors in thinking related to how people process and interpret information about the world.
 The confirmation bias is one common example that involves only paying attention to information that aligns with
your existing beliefs while ignoring evidence that doesn't support your views.

Behavior
 Behavior is essentially observable physical activity. human behavior is treated as a vastly more complex
phenomenon.
 It may be noted that the behavior-as-observable-movement notion. Mental and behavioral disorders are common
among nurses during this pandemic, this affecting their regular day to day activities.
 Comorbidity like behavior and mental wellness is frequent get affected and is associated with increased disability
METHODOLOGY

AIM AND OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

 To find out the demographic profile of the nurses.
 To determine the cognitive and behavioral condition of nurses during this pandemic situation of covid
19.
 To analyze their relationship with the organizational and in domestic situation.
 To analyze the risk factors faced by nurses.
 To find out their behavioral changes in this pandemic and how it plays the major role in their life.
AREA OF THE STUDY : Hospitals in the Coimbatore city. This study was taken place among the nurses
working during this covid pandemic period.
RESEARCH DESIGN: The research design adopted for this study is descriptive.
SAMPLE PROCEDURE: The respondents of the study done through “snowball sampling” under non
probability sampling technique as it comes under the quantitative research.
METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION: . A sample of 46 respondents was taken for this study. Data
for this research is collected through the friends and their friends of a person whom researcher has
contacted. Due to this pandemic many are preferred to respond the questionnaire through the google
form method. Around 12 questionnaire are collected through interview method and remaining 34 are
collected through google forms.
ANALYSIS OF DATA: The collected data was manually edited, coded and then entered into the data
sheet of version 22 of SPSS. Both independent and dependent variables were being analyzed and
described to represent as tables.
TOOLS OF DATA COLLECTION:
Questionnaire comprises of Demographic profile
 FINDINGS
FINDINGS OF DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS
 Majority of 54.3% of the people are 21-25 age group 6.5% of the people are in 31-35 age group.

 Majority of 69.6% are female and 30.4% are male respondents.

 Majority of 47.8% are having 2 years of experience and 30.4 are 5 years and above. 21.7% are having 3-5 years of
experience.
 Majority of 54.3% are single and 45.7% are married.

 Majority of 30.4% has 2 dependents. 30.4% has1 dependents. 26.1% has 4 and above dependents. 13% has 3
dependents.
 Majority of 47.8% are belonged to urban. 30.4% are belonged to rural and 21.7% are belonged to semi-urban.

 Majority of 84.8% are doing the day shift work and 15.2% are doing night time work.

 Majority of 56.5% have completed B.SC. Nursing. 23.9% are completed GNM and 19.6% are completed M.SC.
Nursing.
 FINDINGS OF COGNITIVE STATUS OF THE RESPONDENTS

 Majority of 30.4% are agreed that they feeling of helplessness and pressured while working with covid
patients.
 Majority of 28.3% are agreed that they all are experienced anxiety, fear and fatigue while working with
covid patients.
 Majority of 34.8% are disagreed that they working places are not provided any training to work with
covid patients.
 Majority of 40% are disagreed that they are not able to take care of their families during this pandemic
period.
 Majority of 50% are agreed they are afraid to work with the covid patients.
 Majority of 63.4% are had mental health issues regarding their work on covid pandemic period.
FINDINGS RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL CHANGES OF RESPONDENTS

 Majority of 35% are agreed that they feel irritation on their skin while wearing mask and gloves.
 Majority of 52.2% are disagreed that the medical equipment in their hospital are not sanitized.
 Majority of 39.5% are agreed that they are following procedure of social distancing from the patients.
 Majority of 44.3% respondents are agreed that they are frequently checking their health during covid 19.
 Majority of 32.6% are disagreed that they seem to have changes in their behavior.
 Majority of 50% respondents are agreed that they are maintaining social distance in their hospital.

Correlation results
 There is a positive correlation between no. of. Dependents and age (.498)

 There is a negative correlation between no. of. Dependents and experience(_.398)

 There is a positive correlation between age and experience (.782)

 SUGGESTION

 The major issues facing nurses in this situation are the critical shortage of nurses, beds, and medical
supplies, including personal protective equipment and, as reviews indicate, psychological changes and
fears of infection among nursing staff. Which can be addressed if they are provided with disposable
clinical equipments.
 The knowledge on mental health has to be imparted among on the nurses.
 The usage of personal protective equipment’s by the nurses has to be the disposable one which is in order
to ensure the physical safety of the nurses.
 Periodical screening of physical and mental health can be conducted once in a week.
 The government can take steps to create health consciousness, awareness of personal safety, importance
and proper usage of clinical equipments which should be used for one time and it should be disposed. So,
that it decrease the chances of covid spread among nurses.
 Adequate supply of clinical equipments is also suggested.
 CONCLUSION

 Nurses should be given special care in home and working area. Their lives are at risk mostly during this
pandemic time.
 As the nursing professional has to deal with psychological, socio-cultural and spiritual aspects of the
patients and their family.
 The overarching duty of nurse leadership will be to ensure that the appropriate prevention and security
steps are taken to reduce the dangers of the workplace.
 In this regard, staff members should also be guided on how to carry out regular self-
assessments, and directed on how to follow quarantine or isolation measures, when indicated, to protect
them, their families, and their community, as well as to safeguard their mental health and well-being.
 According to this research nurses are Mentally and physically vulnerable during this pandemic. Moreover,
they may end up in getting frustration, anxiety, anger and fear.
 It’s hard to sustain medical health workers in constantly changing society. It is one of our responsibility to
take care of their mental health and their behavioral morbidity.
THANK YOU