This multi-group path analysis study investigated the effects of verbal abuse (suspicion of infection and disrespect) on difficulties in work performance according to the workplace quarantine measures of visiting nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 262 visiting nurses in Korea completed the online questionnaire between 10 October and 30 November 2020, and their data were included in the final analysis. The study found that experiences of verbal abuse mediated fear and anxiety to affect difficulties in work performance. In the path model of the group with a high level of workplace quarantine measures, experiences of verbal abuse (suspicion of infection and disrespect) did not directly affect fear. The opposite was true for the group with low levels of workplace quarantine measures. The implications for the field are that the following is required: heightened awareness of verbal abuse; workplace quarantine policies; and mental health management systems and intervention programs to detect the early fear and anxiety of visiting nurses.
【저자키워드】 visiting nurses, experiences of verbal violence, psychological states, difficulties in work performance, workplace quarantine measures, 【초록키워드】 Anxiety, mental health, quarantine, COVID-19 pandemic, Infection, Intervention, Nurses, Measures, management, visiting nurses, path analysis, questionnaire, Analysis, Nurse, final analysis, quarantine measures, verbal abuse, following, measure, Final, suspicion, opposite, Effect, Affect, implication, detect, investigated, verbal, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19, Workplace, visiting nurses, work, performance, path, Effect, state, Mediating, Visiting Nurse,