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[Work-related anxiety among nursing personnel]
M E Garza Elizondo1, M A de León Ledezma, M T Estada Ramírez
1Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. imssnorteinv@infosel.net.mx
Objective:
To assess if work-related activities represented a threatening situation for nursing personnel through the correlation between the level of usual anxiety (trait-anxiety) and the level of anxiety present during working hours (state-anxiety). As well as, to determine state-anxiety risk factors.
Material And Methods:
The state-trait-anxiety inventory was administered to 285 nurses of a health care institution chosen at random.
Results:
The correlation coefficient was 0.53 (CI 95% = 0.43, 0.60, p = 0.001), after controlling for age, marital status, number of children, workload, service, category, level of care, years of service and personal relationships. Negative personal relationships and = 1 year of service influenced the level of anxiety present during working hours (beta = -0.21, beta = -0.24, p = 0.001, respectively).
Conclusions:
Work-related activities represented a threatening situation and contributed to anxiety. It is necessary to recognize anxiety work-related risk factors for developing coping strategies and preventing well-being damage.