Quality of life, depression and anxiety in nurses and nurse technicians from a hospital

Authors

  • Bárbara Pessoa Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • Helcimara Ramos Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas
  • Yanna Nascimento Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • Leilane Francisco Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • Verônica Alves Universidade Federal de Alagoas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20873/uftv8-10947

Abstract

Among health workers, nursing professionals are among the group most prone to mental health problems, because they deal with human suffering and face work overload. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the quality of life, depression and anxiety in nurses and nursing technicians in a psychiatric hospital. This is a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted in the city of Maceió-AL between October 2018 and January 2019, being approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Alagoas. 74 (100%) professionals were interviewed, 10 (13.3%) nurses and 64 (85.3%) nursing technicians. 22 (29.3%) were at risk for depression, 64 (85.3%) had moderate trait anxiety and 63 (85%) moderate state anxiety. The means of quality of life were obtained: physical domain (55.0), psychological (73.2), social relationship (65.3), environment (57.7) and general quality of life (62.3). The anxiety depression comorbidity showed a lower average in all domains. It was evidenced that nursing professionals had little affected quality of life, risk for depression and moderate levels of anxiety.

Published

2021-10-20

How to Cite

Pessoa, B. ., Ramos, H. ., Nascimento, Y. ., Francisco, L., & Alves, V. (2021). Quality of life, depression and anxiety in nurses and nurse technicians from a hospital. DESAFIOS - Revista Interdisciplinar Da Universidade Federal Do Tocantins, 8(2), 149–158. https://doi.org/10.20873/uftv8-10947

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