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Depression in hospital-employed nurses.

Susan Letvak1, Christopher J Ruhm, Thomas McCoy

  • 1School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC 27402, USA. saletvak@uncg.edu

Clinical Nurse Specialist CNS
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Depression affects 18% of hospital nurses, a higher rate than the general adult population. Factors like job satisfaction and well-being significantly influence nurse depression, impacting care quality.

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Published on: February 22, 2018

Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Mental Health
  • Occupational Health

Background:

  • Depression affects 9.4% of US adults and impacts work performance.
  • Depression in nurses can negatively affect coworkers and patient care quality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the prevalence of depression in hospital-employed nurses.
  • To identify individual and workplace characteristics associated with depression in nurses.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional survey design.
  • 1171 registered nurses surveyed.
  • Measures included individual/workplace characteristics, work productivity, and depression (9-item Patient Health Questionnaire).

Main Results:

  • Depressive symptom rate was 18% among nurses.
  • Linear regression model explained 60.6% of depression score variation.
  • Significant associations found with body mass index, job satisfaction, number of health problems, mental well-being, and health-related productivity (P < .05).

Conclusions:

  • Hospital-employed nurses exhibit higher rates of depressive symptoms than national norms.
  • Advanced practice nurses can play a role in educating nurses about depression recognition and interventions.
  • Computerized cognitive-based therapy is a potential intervention for nurses experiencing depression.