Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Radiology Nursing, cilt.44, sa.3, ss.273-279, 2025 (Scopus)
Background: Earthquakes are among the most devastating disasters that cause health-care professionals to experience stress. However, it is not known which coping strategies earthquake survivor health-care professionals use. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the coping strategies of health-care professionals continuing to work after the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a university hospital in southern Türkiye between October 2023 and November 2023. The sample of the study consisted of 434 health-care professionals. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form and the Coping with Earthquake Stress Scale. The data were analyzed using appropriate statistical methods. Results: The findings of the study revealed that the strategies used by health-care professionals to cope with earthquake stress were positive reappraisal (12.24 ± 3.58), seeking social support (11.96 ± 2.71), and religious coping (10.30 ± 3.85). Positive reappraisal was higher among those who were living in individual tents/containers (p = .036) and received psychological support (p = .026); whereas, religious coping was higher among those who were living in individual tents/containers or at home (p = .001), did not have a first-degree relative loss (p = .016), and left the area immediately after the earthquake (p = .026). There was no significant difference between seeking social support and earthquake-related descriptive characteristics (p > .05). Conclusions: Positive reappraisal was found to be the coping strategy most used by health-care professionals after the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye. In this sense, it is recommended to conduct experimental studies that strengthen strategies for coping with stress.