The effectiveness of motivational messages to intensive care unit nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. (April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Köse, Selmin; Gezginci, Elif; Göktaş, Sonay; Murat, Merve
• Is Part Of: Intensive and critical care nursing. Volume 69(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-04
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- Nurses -- Hopefulness -- Motivation -- Orientation -- Satisfaction; Intensive care nursing -- Periodicals; Critical Illness -- nursing -- Periodicals; Intensive Care -- Periodicals; Nursing Care -- Periodicals; Intensive care nursing; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.028
• DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2021.103161
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0964-3397

Abstract

Abstract: Objectives: To examine the effect of motivational messages on optimism, hopelessness, and life satisfaction of intensive care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study design: This is a multicentre, randomized controlled, open-label study. Research methodology/design: The study was conducted with a total of 87 nurses working in the COVID-19 intensive care units of three hospitals in Istanbul. Motivational messages were sent via SMS to the participants in the motivational group (n = 41) for 21 days. The data were obtained using a Personal Information Form, the Life Orientation Test, Beck Hopelessness Scale and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Results: The nurses' mean age in the motivational and control groups was 28.4 ± 7.6 and 26.9 ± 3.7 years, respectively. Before the messages, no statistically significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of life orientation (p = 0.059), hopelessness (p = 0.214), and satisfaction with life (p = 0.898) scores. After the messages, life orientation (p = 0.042) and life satisfaction (p = 0.040) scores were significantly higher in the motivational group compared with the control group, and the hopelessness score was significantly lower (p = 0.005). Conclusion: According to our study, motivational messages sent to intensive care nurses during the pandemic increased their level of optimism and life satisfaction and decreased their level of hopelessness. Trial registration: NCT04751474.