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Mirmohammadi S, Mehrparvar A, FallahMehrjerdi A. The effect of shift work on depression in nurses. tkj 2009; 1 (1) :24-27
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Shahid Sadoughi University,Yazd , ahmehrparvar@ssu.ac.ir
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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.
Type of Study: Research |
Received: 2012/02/15 | Accepted: 2020/04/14 | Published: 2020/04/14
Received: 2012/02/15 | Accepted: 2020/04/14 | Published: 2020/04/14
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