Anxiety among Japanese nursing researchers before and after dispatch for COVID-19 pandemic support: Effects of anxiety-enhancing and buffering factors.
Yoko ImazuAkiko KondoMitsuko UshikuboSakiko KanbaraNoriko KawaharaMari KondoPublished in: Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS (2024)
Participants expressed anxiety enhanced by activities at the health center both before and after support activities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Intervention research should examine anxiety-buffering and -enhancing factors, and a support system to respond to rapidly increasing medical needs is necessary.