Relationship between religious coping and post-traumatic stress disorder and professional quality of life of nurses working at COVID-19 wards: a descriptive correlational study.

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PURPOSE: Considering effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health and professional quality of life (PQoL) of nurses working at COVID-19 wards, it seems necessary to investigate the factors affecting adaptation and reducing adverse effects of this pandemic on nurses. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between religious coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and professional quality of life (PQoL) among nurses.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive correlational study was conducted on 368 nurses working at hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. In this research, Mississippi scale for post-traumatic stress disorder (M-PTSD), Pargament's brief religious coping measure (B-RCOPE) and Stamm's professional quality of life (proQol) were used for data collection. Statistical significance was considered at