Abstract: Objective: To investigate the Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) and its related factors among nursing staff working against COVID-19 in the frontline clinical departments. Methods: By convenient sampling, totally 512 nursing staff working in fever clinics and isolation wards of the COVID-19 were included between February, 2020 to April 2020 in a pointed treatment COVID-19 hospital in Wuhan. A general information questionnaire, and Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) were used for online data collection. Results: The total score of PTGI was 64.35±7.24 among nursing staff. Multiple regression analysis showed that the related factors of PTGI included professional titles, education, original working departments, time spending on frontline clinical departments against COVID-19, whether received the training in disaster events, whether with similar working experience in some acute incidence (e.g. SARS), whether had relatives or colleagues being diagnosed with COVID-19, nurse-patient relationship satisfaction, whether with experience in the rescue of critically ill patients (P<0.05), and a total of 42.4% variation were explained. Conclusion: The PTGI among nursing staff in the frontline clinical departments were at a moderate level. It's suggested that psychological crisis intervention for medical staff should be included in the management system of epidemic prevention and control, to guide them to adopt positive coping style and establish the development of positive psychological characteristics.

Key words: COVID-19; nursing staff; Posttraumatic Growth; related factors