Çelik MY, Kiliç M. Family relationship of nurses in COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. World J Clin Cases 2022; 10(19): 6472-6482 [PMID: 35979301 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i19.6472]
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Melike Yavaş Çelik, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Yusuf Serefoglu Faculty of Health Sciences, Kilis 7 Aralık University, 7 Aşit Aralık Street, Karataş Campus, Kilis 79000, Turkey. www_com_tr@hotmail.com
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Health Care Sciences & Services
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Observational Study
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World J Clin Cases. Jul 6, 2022; 10(19): 6472-6482 Published online Jul 6, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i19.6472
Family relationship of nurses in COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
Melike Yavaş Çelik, Meryem Kiliç
Melike Yavaş Çelik, Department of Nursing, Yusuf Serefoglu Faculty of Health Sciences, Kilis 7 Aralık University, Kilis 79000, Turkey
Meryem Kiliç, Department of Nursing, SANKO University, Gaziantep 27000, Turkey
Author contributions: Çelik MY and Kiliç M completed the manuscript and gave their final approval of the version to be published.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Kilis 7 Aralık University (2020/25 decision number).
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to report.
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STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Melike Yavaş Çelik, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Yusuf Serefoglu Faculty of Health Sciences, Kilis 7 Aralık University, 7 Aşit Aralık Street, Karataş Campus, Kilis 79000, Turkey. www_com_tr@hotmail.com
Received: December 9, 2021 Peer-review started: December 9, 2021 First decision: January 12, 2022 Revised: January 22, 2022 Accepted: May 27, 2022 Article in press: May 27, 2022 Published online: July 6, 2022 Processing time: 197 Days and 1.7 Hours
Abstract
BACKGROUND
This research demonstrates that nurses feel pain because the pandemic process has separated them from their family and children.
AIM
To examine the family relationship situation of nurses in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
METHODS
The research adopted a descriptive qualitative design. Participants were selected by the snowball method. An individual in-depth interview technique was used while the participants were away. In-depth interviews were made with a total of 27 nurses. Nine of these nurses were excluded from the study due to communication problems and device problems during the interview.
RESULTS
This research showed that nurses suffered from family relationship breakdown and insufficiency in intrafamilial coping. The nurses stayed away from their families due to overtime and fear of COVID-19. They cannot meet the needs of their children and spouses for whom they are responsible, and they cannot spare time for them. They were living a tiring life with great responsibility and faced with mental problems such as burnout syndrome and depression. This study was conducted in three cities with a high number of COVID-19 cases in Turkey. We investigated three themes: Breakdown in continuity of intrafamilial relationship, ineffectiveness in role performance, and ineffective individual coping.
CONCLUSION
The nurses suffer from conditions such as change in parent-infant/child relation and insufficiency in intrafamilial process coping.
Core Tip: This study was planned to examine the family relationship of nurses in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. It was showed that nurses suffered from family relationship breakdown and insufficiency in intrafamilial coping.
