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    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Shahroud University of Medical siences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>International Journal of Health Studies</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2423-6594</Issn>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>17</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <ArticleTitle>Using the electronic educational package of the stress management program for the mental health and job performance of intensive care unit nurses in the face of patients with covid-19</ArticleTitle>
    <FirstPage>38</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>48</LastPage>
    <Language>eng</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Milad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Bazghale</LastName>
        <Affiliation>shahroud medical university. moz1756_1791@yahoo.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hossein </FirstName>
        <LastName>Ebrahimi </LastName>
        <Affiliation>PhD. Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. . ebrahimi@shmu.ac.ir</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Esmail </FirstName>
        <LastName>Shariati </LastName>
        <Affiliation>Imam Hossein Center for Education, Research and Treatment, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. shariati.esmail@yahoo.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammd Hasan </FirstName>
        <LastName>Basirinezhad</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Department of epidemiology, School of public health School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. . hasan.basirinzhad@gmail.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>06</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>09</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <Abstract>
Background: Due to nurse&#x2019;s special job position, they are faced with a variety of illnesses and accidents in intensive care COVID wards, which puts them in front of so many stresses that can cause anxiety and endanger their mental health. The study was to investigate the influence of Using the electronic educational package of the stress management program for the mental health and job performance of intensive care unit nurses in the face of patients with covid-19


Methods: Quasi-experimental study, pre-test, and post-test plan without control group using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and the ACHIVE Job Performance Questionnaire. The stress management program was prepared as a multimedia product, the program consisted of eight parts and the duration of each part was ten minutes.


Results: Nurses' job performance was improved significantly after two weeks from distribution of the Electronic Package to the participants and e-mail following the package use and completion of the tasks also 95.6% of nurses had symptoms of anxiety and depression that became 58.8% after the intervention.


Conclusion: The electronic educational package of the stress management program is useful for improving nurses' mental health and job performance both during and after the pandemic.
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