Work stress, coping strategies and levels of depression among nurses working in mental health hospital in Port-Said city

ABSTRACT

Psychiatric nurses experience a wide range of stressful events, evolving from the care of violent, aggressive patients, recurrent relapse and poor prognosis of mental disorders. The aim of the study was to assess workplace stress, coping strategies and levels of depression among psychiatric nurses. A descriptive correlation design was conducted on psychiatric nurses working in mental health settings. Data were collected from 70 nurses at a mental health hospital. The results revealed that psychiatric nurses had moderate levels of work-related stress and depression, and exhibiting different coping strategies. Stress and depression are prevalent among psychiatric nurses; implementing programmes aimed at teaching them how to deal with stress at work and improving their coping strategies and problem-solving skills are recommended.

KEYWORDS:

• Work stress
• coping
• depression
• psychiatric nurses

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on contributors

Sonia Elsayed is lecturer in the Port Said University, school of nursing. He obtained his PhD from the University of Port Said.

Abd Alhadi Hasan is assistant professor in nursing department, Fakeeh College for medical sciences. He obtained his PhD from the university of Nottingham 2015 (mental health nursing), Master degree from Jordan university of science and technology. He was senior lecturer in Sultan Gaboos University in school of nursing, lecturer in Zarqa University, and staff nurse at the specialty hospital.

Mahmoud Musleh RN, RGN, MRCN is assistant professor of Mental health nursing. He obtained his PhD from Manchester University, Master from the University of Manchester. He worked as research fellow in Manchester University, clinical register nurse at Queen Mary University of London and clinical reader at Oxford University.

ORCID

Abd Alhadi Hasan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9768-774X