Comparison of Mental Health and Emotional Response Level in Nurses of Sari Psychiatry and Burn Center with Other Educational Centers in Mazandaran Province

An important indicator of mental health is the emotional response that one exhibits to mental stress. The purpose of this study was to compare the level of mental health and emotional response in nurses of Sari Zare Psychiatry and Burn Center with other educational centers in Mazandaran province.

This cross-sectional study was performed on 304 nurses working in educational centers of Mazandaran province in 1396 using GHQ-28 questionnaire and DASS-21 depression and anxiety questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 21 using descriptive statistics (frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent t-test and multivariate analysis of variance).

The results showed that the level of stress, anxiety and depression in nurses of Zare educational center was higher than other educational centers. Mean and standard deviation scores of mental health status and its components in nurses of Zare Psychiatry and Burn Center were lower than other educational centers of Mazandaran province (47.66 10 10.40). The mean of physical, anxiety, social and depression components in nurses of Sari Psychiatry and Burnout Center were lower than the mean of social functions components of nurses in other educational centers (P <0.05).

The results showed that with increasing levels of depression, anxiety and stress, the level of mental health decreased and anxiety and depression were identified as priority dimensions of emotional response that require corrective measures to improve mental health of nurses.