burnout, anxiety, and professional self-concept in nurses during the covid-19 pandemic in iran

The aim of this study was to evaluate the burnout, anxiety, and professional self-concept of nurses according to their demographic and occupational information. 160 nurses from razi and poursina hospitals in iran were selected as a sample in this cross-sectional online survey and answered the tools demographic and occupational information questionnaire (doiq), maslach burnout inventory-human services survey (mbi-hss), corona disease anxiety scale (cdas) and nurse self-concept questionnaire (nscq). data analysis was performed in two descriptive and inferential sections using spss-19 statistics software. the participation rate in this study was 87.5% (n=140). the mean age was 32.56 (sd=7.26) years. the burnout rate in emotional exhaustion (ee) was 24.3%, depersonalization (dp) was 32.1%, and personal accomplishment (pa) was 60.7%, 21.4% of nurses had high anxiety, and 53.6% had low nscq. ee score was higher in nurses with less than ten years of experience (t=2.21) and single people (t=-3.18). dp score was higher in people under 35 years (t=3.20), with work experience of fewer than ten years (t=4.34), and single people (t=-3.07). females in pa reported more burnout (t=-2.43). cdas score was higher in females (t=3.20). nscq score was higher in married people (t=-3.07). cdas was positively correlated with ee and dp and negatively correlated with pa. nscq was negatively correlated with ee and dp and positively correlated with pa. at first, a high cdas score and then celibacy, less than ten years of work experience, and a low nscq score were effective in multiple linear regression analysis for mbi-hss.