Abstract
Intensive care unit is one of the stressful environments for its staff, especially physicians and nurses. This study was objective to determine anxiety in physicians and nurses working in intensive care units in Yasuj,s hospitals in Iran. This research is an intervention study conducted in Yerevan city in 2009. The number of participants in this study is 150 which are randomly selected. In this study 120 nurses and 30 specialists participated as the working in the intensive care unit of Yasuj,s hospitals in Iran. In the study, a 10-question demographic questionnaire, 20-question situational anxiety, 20-question personality anxiety Berger is used. After codification, the questionnaires Results indicate that average score for the situational anxiety of the nurses has been 46.96, average score for the situational anxiety of physicians has been 39.40 and that average score for the personality anxiety of the nurses has been 40.96, average score for the personality anxiety of physicians has been 36.73. This study provides valuable insight into the actual and perceived stressful experiences of critical care nurses, thus contributing to the ongoing effort to reduce burnout in this population.
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