Validated Tools for Assessing Anxiety and Depression in Nurses: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurses experience substantial anxiety and depression; robust, validated instruments are needed. We aimed to identify tools used to assess these conditions in nurses.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted in December 2024 and registered in OSF and PROSPERO. MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycINFO were searched for quantitative studies (2014-2024) in English/Spanish that included nurses only and used standardized measures. Two reviewers screened and extracted the data; quality was appraised with JBI checklists, narrative synthesis only.

Results

Twenty-two studies (n = 10,710 nurses) met the criteria. Most were cross-sectional with non-probability sampling; the overall risk of bias was moderate in 19 studies and high in 3. The most frequently used instrument

SUBMITTER: Reyes Rodriguez G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12652131 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature