The Influence of Online Cognitive Behavior Therapy Applications on Nurse’s Anxiety during the COVID-19

Sri Eka Wahyuni; Wardiyah Daulay; Jenny Marlindawany Purba; Mahnum Lailan Nasution

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2022.8128

Authors

Sri Eka Wahyuni Department of Community Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia
Wardiyah Daulay Department of Community Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia
Jenny Marlindawany Purba Department of Community Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia
Mahnum Lailan Nasution Department of Community Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.8128

Keywords:

COVID-19, Nurses, CBT

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has an impact on all aspects of human life. The rapid spread of COVID-19 has resulted in many infected patients and deaths. The rapid increase in cases affects the physical and psychological health of health workers who work in hospitals. Health workers, especially nurses, are at the forefront of treating COVID-19 patients. The most common psychological impact is anxiety.

AIM: This study aims to determine the effect of the cognitive behavior therapy online application on nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic at the USU Teaching Hospital.

METHODS: The research design is a quasi-experimental study. The research procedure was carried out by developing an online CBT application for nurses. The research respondents were 60 nurses in the COVID-19 inpatient room which were divided into an intervention group and a control group. The implementation of CBT will be carried out in five sessions. The research process in the intervention group begins with conducting a pre-test, then intervention, and post-test. Meanwhile, in the control group, only pre- and post-tests were performed. Data analysis was performed using bivariate analysis, namely, t test.

RESULTS: The results of the study can be concluded that the majority of nurses are Muslim (46%), educated nurses (66.7%), female (75%) and working 0–6 months (31.7%), aged 34, 32 years with age a minimum of 26 years, and a maximum age of 45 years, and the average anxiety experienced by nurses was 61 and 73 (medium category). The results showed that there was a significant effect of giving CBT with nurses’ anxiety (p = 0.001). The difference in anxiety scores before and after the CBT intervention in the intervention group was greater than that in the control group.

CONCLUSION: Recommendations to hospitals apply CBT to reduce nurse anxiety.

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