The Relationship between Self-esteem, Resilience and Differentiation with Covid-19 Anxiety in Hospital Nurses: A Cross-sectional Study

Anxiety caused by Covid-19 causes some psychological problems in nurses. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between self-perception, resilience and differentiation with anxiety caused by Covid-19 in nurses of Loghman Hakim Hospital in Tehran.

The present study was a cross-sectional study. The statistical population consisted of all nurses in the special ward of Loghman Hakim Hospital in Tehran in the second half of 2020 with 103 people. For this purpose, 81 people were selected as the sample size by simple random sampling. Participants answered questionnaires about "self-concept", Connor's and Davidson's resilience, and anxiety caused by Covid-19 Correlation coefficient and regression were used to analyze the data.

The results showed that between self-perception (r=-0.714, p=-0.001) and resilience (p=0.001, r=-0.862) with anxiety caused by Covid-19, a negative and significant relationship exists between the nurses of the special ward of Loghman Hakim Hospital in Tehran. There is also a positive relationship between differentiation (r=0.667, p=0.001) and Covid-19 anxiety.

The results showed that self-concept, resilience and differentiation are associated with anxiety caused by Covid-19 in nurses.