Table 4. Factors that help to reduce stress in nursing professionals (n = 127, maximum score = 3).

Number	Factors	Responded yes (%)	Average score (±SD)
1	It helps to diminish stress when your unit’s colleagues display a positive attitude.	100	2.56 (0.67)
2	It helps to diminish stress when no COVID-19 cases occur in the staff after applying rigorous protection measures.	98	2.39 (0.77)
3	It helps to diminish stress by observing improvement in the health condition of patients with COVID-19.	100	2.69 (0.60)
4	It helps to diminish stress with the hospital providing individual protection equipment.	97	2.54 (0.82)
5	It helps to diminish stress by knowing that their relatives or friends outside the hospital have not gotten sick with COVID-19.	100	2.74 (0.57)
6	It helps to diminish stress by listening to the news reporting a decrease of new COVID-19 cases.	97	2.32 (0.82)
7	It helps to diminish stress by thinking of the probability additional compensation for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.	95	2.16 (0.92)
8	It helps to diminish stress when all first-line of care health professionals work as a team.	100	2.76 (0.55)
9	It helps to diminish stress by knowing there is trust in the support to the hospital staff in case they get sick or die from COVID-19.	94	2.34 (0.91)
10	It helps to diminish stress when not having an extended Schedule at work (more hours than the regular).	84	1.74 (1.05)
11	It helps to diminish stress when getting free food in the hospital or in the unit.	91	1.98 (1.00)

Score key: 0 = Not effective; 1 = Slightly effective; 2 = Moderately effective; 3 = Very effective