The effect of shift work on depression in nurses
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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.Language:
Persian
Published:
Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal, Volume:1 Issue: 1, 2009
Pages:
24 to 27
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