Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief-COPE Inventory and Exploration of Factors Associated with Perceived Stress among Peruvian Nurses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample and Procedures
2.2. Measurement Tools
2.2.1. Brief-COPE Inventory
2.2.2. Fear of COVID-19 Scale
2.2.3. Perceived Stress Scale
2.3. Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Coping Strategies Questionnaire
3.2. Predictive Models of Perceived Stress
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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f | % | |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Women | 393 | 90.55 |
Men | 41 | 9.45 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 187 | 43.09 |
Married | 205 | 47.24 |
Divorced | 42 | 9.68 |
Work area | ||
Intensive care unit | 116 | 26.73 |
Emergency care | 62 | 14.29 |
Hospitalization | 110 | 25.35 |
Primary health care | 34 | 7.83 |
COVID-19 triage | 36 | 8.29 |
Other areas * | 76 | 17.51 |
Years of work experience | ||
Less than 5 | 104 | 23.96 |
5 to 10 | 121 | 27.88 |
More than 10 | 209 | 48.16 |
Received stress management training | ||
No | 206 | 56.90 |
Yes | 228 | 43.10 |
Took care of COVID-19 patient | ||
No | 119 | 27.42 |
Yes | 315 | 72.58 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. First stress factor: “distress” | ||||||
2. Second stress factor: “coping” | −0.3 ** | |||||
3. Perceived stress (total) | 0.85 ** | −0.75 ** | ||||
4. Problem-solving coping | −0.03 | 0.24 ** | −0.15 * | |||
5. Emotion-focused coping | 0.12 * | 0.13 * | 0.01 | 0.59 ** | ||
6. Avoidance coping | 0.15 * | 0.02 | 0.09 * | 0.24 ** | 0.37 ** | |
7. Fear of COVID-19 | 0.51 ** | −0.23 ** | 0.48 ** | −0.06 | 0.07 | 0.17 ** |
Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | ||||
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B | p | B | p | B | p | |
Age | −0.13 | 0.080 | −0.15 | 0.020 | −0.15 | 0.026 |
Gender (men) | −0.14 | 0.004 | −0.12 | 0.005 | −0.10 | 0.018 |
Marital status (married) | 0.05 | 0.391 | 0.01 | 0.881 | 0.01 | 0.860 |
Marital status (divorced) | 0.02 | 0.694 | −0.02 | 0.759 | −0.02 | 0.711 |
Area (emergency care) | −0.09 | 0.101 | 0.06 | 0.258 | −0.06 | 0.228 |
Area (hospitalization) | −0.05 | 0.401 | −0.02 | 0.640 | −0.02 | 0.654 |
Area (primary care) | −0.04 | 0.397 | −0.01 | 0.879 | −0.01 | 0.980 |
Area (triage) | −0.04 | 0.420 | −0.01 | 0.789 | −0.01 | 0.770 |
Area (other areas) | −0.03 | 0.578 | 0.03 | 0.560 | 0.03 | 0.535 |
Experience (5 to 10 years) | 0.07 | 0.300 | 0.10 | 0.092 | 0.10 | 0.088 |
Experience (>10 years) | 0.15 | 0.114 | 0.02 | 0.043 | 0.16 | 0.053 |
Took care of COVID-19 patients (Yes) | 0.08 | 0.087 | 0.07 | 0.133 | 0.06 | 0.152 |
Stress management training (yes) | −0.19 | <0.001 | −0.12 | 0.005 | −0.12 | 0.007 |
Fear of COVID-19 | - | - | 0.46 | <0.001 | 0.45 | <0.001 |
Problem-focused coping | - | - | - | - | −0.15 | 0.002 |
Emotion-focused coping | - | - | - | - | 0.06 | 0.288 |
Avoidance coping | - | - | - | - | 0.01 | 0.930 |
R2 | 0.05 * | 0.26 * | 0.27 * | |||
Delta R2 | - | 0.21* | 0.01 ** |
Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | p | B | p | B | p | |
Age | −0.11 | 0.130 | −0.14 | 0.032 | −0.13 | 0.040 |
Gender (men) | −0.15 | 0.003 | −0.12 | 0.004 | −0.11 | 0.010 |
Marital status (married) | 0.09 | 0.080 | 0.05 | 0.264 | 0.05 | 0.329 |
Marital status (divorced) | 0.01 | 0.861 | −0.03 | 0.531 | −0.03 | 0.587 |
Area (emergency care) | −0.04 | 0.526 | 0.01 | 0.982 | −0.01 | 0.987 |
Area (hospitalization) | 0.03 | 0.580 | 0.06 | 0.244 | 0.05 | 0.339 |
Area (primary care) | −0.01 | 0.878 | 0.03 | 0.479 | 0.03 | 0.520 |
Area (triage) | −0.01 | 0.823 | 0.02 | 0.648 | 0.02 | 0.720 |
Area (other areas) | −0.01 | 0.896 | 0.06 | 0.237 | 0.04 | 0.386 |
Experience (5 to 10 years) | 0.01 | 0.832 | 0.05 | 0.413 | 0.05 | 0.416 |
Experience (>10 years) | 0.12 | 0.193 | 0.14 | 0.776 | 0.14 | 0.078 |
Took care of COVID-19 patients (yes) | 0.09 | 0.070 | 0.07 | 0.105 | 0.62 | 0.144 |
Stress management training (yes) | −0.15 | 0.002 | −0.07 | 0.799 | −0.77 | 0.068 |
Fear of COVID-19 | - | - | 0.50 | <0.001 | 0.49 | <0.001 |
Problem-focused coping | - | - | - | - | −0.05 | 0.325 |
Emotion-focused coping | - | - | - | - | 0.09 | 0.119 |
Avoidance coping | - | - | - | - | 0.02 | 0.600 |
R2 | 0.03 * | 0.28 ** | 0.28 ** | |||
Delta R2 | - | 0.25 ** | 0.00 |
Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | p | B | p | B | p | |
Age | 0.10 | 0.206 | 0.11 | 0.151 | 0.10 | 0.164 |
Gender (men) | 0.07 | 0.139 | 0.06 | 0.188 | 0.05 | 0.316 |
Marital status (married) | 0.04 | 0.506 | 0.05 | 0.314 | 0.04 | 0.410 |
Marital status (divorced) | −0.03 | 0.623 | −0.01 | 0.844 | −0.01 | 0.996 |
Area (emergency care) | 0.12 | 0.030 | 0.10 | 0.054 | 0.11 | 0.047 |
Area (hospitalization) | 0.13 | 0.026 | 0.12 | 0.038 | 0.10 | 0.066 |
Area (primary care) | 0.07 | 0.180 | 0.05 | 0.297 | 0.04 | 0.437 |
Area (triage) | 0.06 | 0.235 | 0.05 | 0.341 | 0.05 | 0.369 |
Area (other areas) | 0.05 | 0.399 | 0.02 | 0.713 | −0.01 | 0.965 |
Experience (5 to 10 years) | −0.10 | 0.107 | −0.11 | 0.064 | −0.12 | 0.056 |
Experience (>10 years) | −0.11 | 0.221 | −0.12 | 0.178 | −0.11 | 0.225 |
Took care of COVID-19 patients (yes) | −0.04 | 0.418 | −0.03 | 0.513 | −0.03 | 0.475 |
Stress management training (yes) | 0.16 | <0.001 | 0.13 | 0.007 | 0.11 | 0.015 |
Fear of COVID-19 | - | - | −0.21 | <0.001 | −0.21 | <0.001 |
Problem-focused coping | - | - | - | - | 0.21 | <0.001 |
Emotion-focused coping | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.993 |
Avoidance coping | - | - | - | - | 0.02 | 0.656 |
R2 | 0.03 * | 0.07 ** | 0.11 ** | |||
Delta R2 | - | 0.04 ** | 0.04 ** |
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Zeladita-Huaman, J.A.; Flores-Rodríguez, C.C.; Zegarra-Chapoñan, R.; Carpio-Borja, S.J.; Franco-Chalco, E.; Vivas-Durand, T.D.J.; Castillo-Parra, H.; Alvarado-Rivadeneyra, S.H.; Mariñas-Acevedo, O. Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief-COPE Inventory and Exploration of Factors Associated with Perceived Stress among Peruvian Nurses. Healthcare 2024, 12, 1729. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12171729
Zeladita-Huaman JA, Flores-Rodríguez CC, Zegarra-Chapoñan R, Carpio-Borja SJ, Franco-Chalco E, Vivas-Durand TDJ, Castillo-Parra H, Alvarado-Rivadeneyra SH, Mariñas-Acevedo O. Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief-COPE Inventory and Exploration of Factors Associated with Perceived Stress among Peruvian Nurses. Healthcare. 2024; 12(17):1729. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12171729
Chicago/Turabian StyleZeladita-Huaman, Jhon Alex, Carmen Cristina Flores-Rodríguez, Roberto Zegarra-Chapoñan, Sugely Julia Carpio-Borja, Eduardo Franco-Chalco, Teresa De Jesús Vivas-Durand, Henry Castillo-Parra, Silas Hildeliza Alvarado-Rivadeneyra, and Orfelina Mariñas-Acevedo. 2024. "Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief-COPE Inventory and Exploration of Factors Associated with Perceived Stress among Peruvian Nurses" Healthcare 12, no. 17: 1729. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12171729