Assessment of anxiety level among nurses at teaching hospitals in Hawler city | ||
| kufa Journal for Nursing sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 2, August 2012, Pages 83-88 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sirwan K.Ali; Mosleh S.Kareem | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT Background and objectives: Anxiety reflects the psychological and physical states required to deal with an emergency. It is also a normal way of reacting to a number of demanding situations. Anxiety disorder: refers to a group of conditions the affected person experiences persistent anxiety that they cannot dismiss and it interferes with their daily activities the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of anxiety among nurses at teaching hospitals in Erbil city and determine the association between socio-demographic characteristics and anxiety. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted between (26th June -25thAugest 2011) in (4) teaching hospitals in Erbil city. A sample of (160 nurses) were selected to participate in the study, a questionnaire was applied which was composed of two parts (socio-demographic information and Zung anxiety scale). Zung self-rating anxiety scale used which includes 20 questions and each question has 4 responses that are ranked from 0 to 4 and the client selects one response that is more suitable with his emotional state. The final score was classified according to Zung score key as; 20-44 normal range, 45-59 mild to moderate anxiety level, 60-74 marked to severe anxiety level and 75-80 extreme anxiety level. SPSS (version 19) was used to analyze the data. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| anxiety; nurses; hospital; Zung rating scale | ||
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