Comparison of Anxiety and Depression of Emergency Nurses from Hospitals at Different Levels
Author(s): YANG Xiao-li, JIN Yu-lian, MIAO Xin-jun, HUANG Hong-yan, CHEN Hong-hui
Pages: 51-53
Year: 2016 Issue: 8
Journal: Hospital Management Forum
Keyword: Emergency department; Nurse; Anxiety; Depression;
Abstract: Objective To investigate the anxiety and depression of emergency nurses from hospitals at different levels in Wenzhou in order to facilitate better intervention.Methods In total of 3 tertiary hospitals, 4 secondary hospitals and 6 primary hospitals in Wenzhou were randomly selected. Emergency nurses from these hospitals were investigated with symptom checklist (SCL-90), and 10 items of anxiety and 13 items of depression in SCL-90 were analyzed. Results In total of 172 nurses were recruited, 136 were emergency nurses and 36 were specialty nurses; among the emergency nurses, 61 were from tertiary hospitals, 43 from secondary hospitals, and 32 from primary hospitals. Among the emergency nurses from hospitals at different levels, nurses from primary hospitals had higher scores of anxiety than nurses from secondary and tertiary hospitals, and the differences were statistically significant (p<0.01). There is no significant difference of anxiety scores between nurses from secondary and tertiary hospitals (p>0.05). Emergency nurses from primary hospitals had higher depression scores than emergency nurses from secondary hospitals, and the differences were statistically significant (p<0.01), but compared to nurses from tertiary hospitals, there is no significant difference (p>0.05). Emergency nurses from tertiary hospitals had higher depression scores than emergency nurses from secondary hospitals, and the differences were statistically significant (p<0.01). In tertiary hospitals, emergency nurses had higher anxiety scores than specialty nurses with statistically significant difference (p<0.01), and emergency nurses had higher depression scores than specialty nurses with statistically significant difference (p<0.05).Conclusion In Wenzhou, emergency nurses face severer psychological challenges than specialty nurses. Nurses from primary hospitals have the severest problems of anxiety and depression among nurses from hospitals at different levels, followed with nurses from tertiary hospitals. Therefore, administration departments should make corresponding intervention and care policy in order to provide better services.
Pages: 51-53
Year: 2016 Issue: 8
Journal: Hospital Management Forum
Keyword: Emergency department; Nurse; Anxiety; Depression;
Abstract: Objective To investigate the anxiety and depression of emergency nurses from hospitals at different levels in Wenzhou in order to facilitate better intervention.Methods In total of 3 tertiary hospitals, 4 secondary hospitals and 6 primary hospitals in Wenzhou were randomly selected. Emergency nurses from these hospitals were investigated with symptom checklist (SCL-90), and 10 items of anxiety and 13 items of depression in SCL-90 were analyzed. Results In total of 172 nurses were recruited, 136 were emergency nurses and 36 were specialty nurses; among the emergency nurses, 61 were from tertiary hospitals, 43 from secondary hospitals, and 32 from primary hospitals. Among the emergency nurses from hospitals at different levels, nurses from primary hospitals had higher scores of anxiety than nurses from secondary and tertiary hospitals, and the differences were statistically significant (p<0.01). There is no significant difference of anxiety scores between nurses from secondary and tertiary hospitals (p>0.05). Emergency nurses from primary hospitals had higher depression scores than emergency nurses from secondary hospitals, and the differences were statistically significant (p<0.01), but compared to nurses from tertiary hospitals, there is no significant difference (p>0.05). Emergency nurses from tertiary hospitals had higher depression scores than emergency nurses from secondary hospitals, and the differences were statistically significant (p<0.01). In tertiary hospitals, emergency nurses had higher anxiety scores than specialty nurses with statistically significant difference (p<0.01), and emergency nurses had higher depression scores than specialty nurses with statistically significant difference (p<0.05).Conclusion In Wenzhou, emergency nurses face severer psychological challenges than specialty nurses. Nurses from primary hospitals have the severest problems of anxiety and depression among nurses from hospitals at different levels, followed with nurses from tertiary hospitals. Therefore, administration departments should make corresponding intervention and care policy in order to provide better services.
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