• Corpus ID: 212609906

Relationships between Staff Nurses' Satisfaction with Quality of Work and their Levels of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Critical Care Units

@inproceedings{Elaal2014RelationshipsBS,
  title={Relationships between Staff Nurses' Satisfaction with Quality of Work and their Levels of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Critical Care Units},
  author={Nevine H. Abd El-aal and Nagia Ibrahim Hassan},
  year={2014}
}

• N. A. El-aal, N. Hassan
• Published 2014
• Medicine

Background: staff nurses' satisfaction with the quality of their work depends on the type of units in which they work and their levels of depression, anxiety and stress. Aim of the study: To determine the relationships between staff nurses' satisfaction with the quality of work and their levels of depression, anxiety and stress in critical care units. Subjects: All staff nurses in all critical care units (n = 126) at Alexandria Main University Hospital. Tools: Two tools were used in this study namely: work quality satisfaction index (WQI) which contains six subdimensions and depression, anxiety, stress scale (DASS). Results: 62% of staff nurses' scored moderate satisfaction with the quality of work (WQI) in critical care units. In relation to, the overall level of staff nurses' satisfaction and depression, anxiety and stress; there was a significant negative weak correlation between overall satisfaction and depression scores. Regarding, staff nurses' satisfaction with the quality of their work sub-dimension and depression level, there was a highly significant negative correlation between professional relationships, and professional role enactment sub-dimension (rho = -0.263 & P = 0.003 and rho = -0.236 & P = 0.008) respectively. However, as for the satisfaction of staff nurses' with the quality of their work and anxiety level, there was a highly significant negative correlation in the professional relationships sub-dimension (rho = -0.240 & P = 0.007) and a significant negative correlation in the professional role enactment sub-dimension (rho =-0.213 & P = 0.17). Furthermore, concerning staff nurses' satisfaction with the quality of work sub-dimension and stress level, a significant negative correlation was found in the professional role enactment sub-dimension where (rho = -0.229 & P = 0.010). Conclusion: There was a significant negative weak correlation between the mean total score percentage of staff nurses' satisfaction and the quality of work and their depression level in critical care units. In addition, there was a negative correlation between the mean total score percentage of staff nurses' satisfaction with the quality of work, and anxiety and stress level but not significant. Recommendation: 1) The director of the nursing service should encourage the presence of a counseling center in each health care organization to provide a psychological counseling and enhance self assertiveness of staff nurses. 2) The director of the nursing service should develop positive interpersonal relationships among health care team members through implementing communication skills training program. [Nevine H. Abd El-aal and Nagia Ibrahim Hassan. Relationships between Staff Nurses' Satisfaction with Quality of Work and their Levels of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Critical Care Units. J Am Sci 2014;10(1s):91101]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience.org. 15