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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
4269.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - Board 3

Abstract #112193

Nurses’ Stress : Characteristics, Determinants and its Relationship with mental health in China

Ran Zhao, MD and Xiaoyi Fang, PhD. Development Psychology Institute, Beijing Normal University, 19 xinjiekouwai St., Beijing, 100875, China, 86-10-5880-8232, zhaoran1777@yahoo.com.cn

Background: In China, there are 1,29 million nurses. They are the main resource of the medical service systems. They suffer heavier work stress and mental stress. And there are rare researches about Chinese nurses' stress characteristic, coping strategy and the relationship with the mental healthy.

Methods:This was a cross-section study, recruited 639 nurses from local hospitals in China in 2002.Nurse Stressor Inventory, Type-A Behavior Inventory, Ways of Coping Inventory were employed. Principal factor analysis, ANOVA and Structure Equation Model were employed for data analysis.

Results: Chinese nurses experienced five main sources of job stress. Senior nurse, charge nurse and those with higher education experienced more job stress. Type-A nurses felt more stress and often took use of the coping of escaping than Type-B. Nurses' stress, type-A personality and negative coping negatively predicted mental health.

Conclusions: This study demonstrates that this group had high job stress. Appropriate interventions to improve mental health need to consider factors of Chinese nurses' job characteristics and coping strategy, type-A personality.

At the end of this session, audience will learn to: 1. Understand the current characteristic of Chinese nurses' job stress. 2. Examine the association of stress, coping and mental health. 3. Understand the importance of intervention of job stress that tailor to characteristic of Chinese nurses.

Learning Objectives:

  • Nurses’ Stress

    Keywords: Stress, Mental Health

    Related Web page: www.bnu.edu.cn

    Presenting author's disclosure statement:

    I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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