The effect of shift work on depression in nurses
Abstract Background: Many workers in different jobs work in shift schedules. Health care workers, especially nurses are a working group which according to the job nature always have shift work. Shift work causes different physical and mental diseases, including depression. Materials and Methods: In...
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Background: Many workers in different jobs work in shift schedules. Health care workers, especially nurses are a working group which according to the job nature always have shift work. Shift work causes different physical and mental diseases, including depression.
Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 110 nurses working in SSU hospitals were surveyed in two groups: shift worker and non-shift worker. The frequency of depression was measured by means of Beck questionnaire. Frequency of depression was compared in two groups.
Results: Mean Beck point for non-shift-workers and shift-workers was 10.09 6.56 and 12.67 5.86, respectively and the difference was statistically significant.
Conclusion: shift work is regarded as a risk factor for inducing depression. This study showed the higher frequency of depression in shift workers comparing to non-shift-workers which most of the previous studies had shown. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-10812d7266b64d789c293b828b00ef062025-08-25T05:50:50ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Scienceطب کار2251-71892251-82742009-12-01112427The effect of shift work on depression in nursesSJ Mirmohammadi0AH Mehrparvar1A FallahMehrjerdi2 Shahid Sadoughi University,Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University,Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University,Yazd Abstract Background: Many workers in different jobs work in shift schedules. Health care workers, especially nurses are a working group which according to the job nature always have shift work. Shift work causes different physical and mental diseases, including depression. Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 110 nurses working in SSU hospitals were surveyed in two groups: shift worker and non-shift worker. The frequency of depression was measured by means of Beck questionnaire. Frequency of depression was compared in two groups. Results: Mean Beck point for non-shift-workers and shift-workers was 10.09 6.56 and 12.67 5.86, respectively and the difference was statistically significant. Conclusion: shift work is regarded as a risk factor for inducing depression. This study showed the higher frequency of depression in shift workers comparing to non-shift-workers which most of the previous studies had shown.http://tkj.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-24-en.pdfshift worknursedepressionbeck questionnaire |
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