Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2016 Nov;25(4):340-351. 10.5807/kjohn.2016.25.4.340.

Factors Influencing Depression of Nurses among Comprehensive Nursing Care Service Ward

• Lee E
• Chang SS

• KMID: 2387898
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5807/kjohn.2016.25.4.340

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify depression and its influencing factor of nurses among comprehensive nursing care service ward.
METHODS
The research was cross-sectional descriptive study. The subjects of the study were 173 nurses of comprehensive nursing care service ward in Gyeonggi-do. Data collection was done using self-reported structured questionnaires asking about job stress, emotional labor, job burnout, somatic symptoms, turnover intention, depression and general characteristics from May 16 to June 3, 2016. Data were analyzed with SPSS/WIN 19.0 program.
RESULTS
Mean scores of job stress were 159.15(range 43~215), emotional labor 30.90(range: 9~45), job burnout 59.45 (range: 0~132), somatic symptoms 24.03 (range: 12~60), turnover intention 5.61 (range 0~18) and depression 19.25 (range: 0~60) and reported as depression in 63.6%. Somatic symptoms (β=.26, p<.001), job burnout (β=.37, p<.001) had significant associations with depression and the most important variable was job burnout.
CONCLUSION
It is necessary to apply the developed program to reduce job burnout in hospitals and to prevent and/or control depression. And also, it needs to improve working conditions and increase the nursing staff to reduce somatic symptoms for nurses among comprehensive nursing care service ward.

Keyword

Nurses; Burnout; Somatoform disorders; Depression

MeSH Terms

Data Collection
Depression*
Gyeonggi-do
Humans
Intention
Nursing Care*
Nursing Staff
Nursing*
Somatoform Disorders
Stress, Psychological