Table 3.
Main characteristics of the reviewed studies.
| Reference | Scientific Journal |
Publisher | Country | Study Period |
Participants | Method | Main Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergman et al., 2021 [36] | Nursing in Critical Care |
Wiley | Sweden | May 2020 | 151 ICU nurses (131 moved to ICU due to pandemic) | Quantitative | Describe ICU nurses’ experiences of caring for patients with COVID-19 in ICUs during the pandemic. |
| Bruyneel et al., 2021 [37] | Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Elsevier | Belgium | April–May 2020 | 1135 ICU nurses |
Quantitative | Assess the BOS risk prevalence and identify risk factors among ICU nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Cadge et al., 2021 [45] | Journal of Nursing Management | Wiley | United States |
June– August 2020 |
16 ICU nurses (8 already in ICU, 8 moved to ICU due to pandemic) | Qualitative | Understand how nurses experienced care of COVID-19-positive patients within ICUs. |
| Çelik and Kiliç, 2022 [46] | World Journal of Clinical Cases | Baishideng Publishing Group | Turkey | May–June 2020 | 18 ICU nurses | Qualitative | Explore nurses’ anxiousness about themselves, their children and family, and inability to cope with the situation during the pandemic. |
| Christianson et al., 2022 [47] | SAGE Open Nursing |
Sage | United States |
November 2020–January 2021 | 13 ICU Nurses |
Qualitative | Examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the duty-of-care balanceamong ICU nurses who manage COVID-19 patients. |
| Crowe et al., 2022 [38] | Intensiveand Critical Care Nursing | Springer | Canada | May–June 2021 | 425 ICU Nurses |
Mixed methods |
Examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ICU nurses’ mental health, quality of work life, and intent to stay in their current positions. |
| Guttormson et al., 2022 [39] | American Journal of Critical Care | American Association of Critical-Care Nurses | United States |
October 2020–January 2021 | 285 ICU nurses |
Mixed methods |
Describe the experiences of US ICU nurses in the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Kagan et al., 2022 [40] | Journal of Nursing Scholarship | Wiley | Israel | February–May 2021 | 115 ICU nurses (15 for the focus group and 100 for the cross-sectional study) | Mixed methods |
Examine the challenges of operating and managing intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic among ICU nurse managers, and the relationships between uncertainty, stress, burnout, hope, and professional functioning among intensive care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Kurt Alkan et al., 2022 [41] | OMEGA—Journal of Death and Dying | Sage | Turkey | February–April 2021 | 116 ICU nurses |
Quantitative | Examine the relation between the fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, and burnout of ICU nurses during the pandemic. |
| Ndlovu et al., 2022 [42] | Southern African Journal of Critical Care | Critical Care Society of Southern Africa |
South Africa | January–May 2020 | 154 ICU nurses |
Quantitative | Describe the demographic factors associated with professional quality of life of critical care nurses working in Gauteng, South Africa. |
| Omidi et al., 2022 [43] | Journal of Neonatal Nursing | Springer | Iran | July 2020–January 2021 | 140 ICU nurses |
Quantitative | Determine the association between burnout and nurses’ quality of life in ICU nurses during the pandemic. |
| Vitale et al., 2020 [44] | Minerva Psichiatrica |
Minerva Medica | Italy | March–April 2020 | 291 ICU nurses (132 moved to ICU due to pandemic) | Quantitative | Assess the BOS level among ICUs nurses caring for COVID-19-positive Patients. |