Abstract:

Background: With the pandemic, many factors affect the anxiety associated with COVID-19 in nurses. Aim: This research was conducted to determine the relationship between anxiety experienced in nurses due to the coronavirus pandemic and perceived social support. Method: The sample group of the descriptive and cross-sectional study consisted of 207 nurses. Data were collected online with the "Personal Information Form", "Coronavirus Anxiety Scale" and "Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support". SPSS 21 program was used in the analysis of the data and the level of significance was accepted as p<0.05. Results: The COVID-19 anxiety scale score of the nurses was 3.71±4.041; multidimensional perceived social support scale score is 67.40±14,348. A statistically significant difference was found between the mean score of the coronavirus anxiety scale and gender, number of children, willingly choosing the department, satisfaction with the institution, and anxiety status related to COVID-19 (p<0.05). A statistically significant difference was found between the multidimensional scale of perceived social support score average and age, unit worked, total working time, working time in the current institution, willingly choosing the department, and satisfaction with the institution (p<0.05). A statistically significant and negative correlation was found between coronavirus-related anxiety and perceived social support in nurses (r=-0.138; p=0.047). Conclusion: It was concluded that a small number of nurses providing healthcare services during the pandemic period experienced anxiety due to COVID-19, their perceived social support levels were above the average, and as the perceived social support increased, the coronavirus anxiety decreased

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