Assessment of mental health status among Chinese nursing staff in the intensive care unit: a network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Nursing is the key group to provide healthcare services, and it is easy for nursing staff to develop mental health problems.

Aims

The study aimed to evaluate prevalence of psychological symptoms in nurses working in an intensive care unit (ICU) and the inter-relationship of associations of psychological symptoms using network analysis.

Methods

This study is a cross-sectional design study. The Chinese version of the Symptom Check List-90 (SCL-90) was used to measure the psychological status of ICU nurses. The network structure of psychological symptoms was characterised, and indices of 'Expected influence' were used to identify symptoms central to the network. Network stability was examined using a case-dropping bootstrap procedure.

Results

Multiple

SUBMITTER: Zeng LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10392721 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature