Survey Of Mental Health In Nurses Working In Public Hospitals In Tehran

Background and Aim : Introduction: Mental health disorders are a common problem among health care workers, especially nurses, and can cause many problems. This study was conducted to investigate the mental health of nurses.Methods : Methods: In this study, validated scientific articles indexed in ISI, PubMed, Scopus, Sid, Magiran databases were searched using keywords (Hospital, Nurses, Mental Health). The time range from 2012 to 2018 was considered for selecting articles. The articles were found in about 123 articles, of which about 68 were entered into the study and then 42 the articles were reviewed for title, abstract and full text.Results : Results: The mean age of the nurses was 33.90 ± 7.29 years. 85.1% were married, 68.1% were female and 59.6% were employed in public hospitals in Tehran. 30.2% of nursing staff had mental health and 69.8% had mental health problems. Concerning the mental health of nurses and their dimensions, the findings of this study showed that physical dimension had the highest mean (13.35 with standard deviation of 4.94) and depression had the lowest mean (9.27 with standard deviation of 3.67).Conclusion : Conclusion: The results showed that a considerable amount of nurses do not have good mental health, especially those in psychiatric ward and those with overtime, had less mental health. Female nurses were also more at risk of mental disorders than male nurses. Therefore, further studies are recommended to investigate the factors affecting the mental health of nurses and the necessary measures for prevention and treatment of mental disorders in nurses.

کلیدواژه ها:

Hospital ، Nurses ، Mental Health