Abstract
We evaluated the psychological distress using a scale of the K6, the 6-item scale of psychological distress on public health nurse in Kagawa prefecture, Japan. We send the questionnaire to all public health nurses (n = 419) in Kagawa prefecture. Then, a total of 256 public health nurses (1 man and 255 women), had completely answered the questionnaires, were analyzed in a cross-sectional investigation study. The association between psychological distress and considerable factors were evaluated by using the K6, with psychological distress defined as 13 or more points out of a total of 24 points. A total of 15 public health nurses (5.9%) were defined as psychological distress. Clear relationships between the K6 score and age, experience duration as public health nurse were not noted. The K6 score in subjects with anxiety of preventing suicide was significantly higher than that without. In addition, the K6 score in subjects who feel their own mental status was excellent was also lower than that in subjects without that. In conclusion, some factors might be associated with psychological distress, as assessed by the K6, in public health nurse in Kagawa prefecture, Japan.
Highlights
About 14% of the global disease burden has been attributed to mental illness, mostly due to the chronically disabling nature of depression and other common mental disorders [1]
We evaluated the psychological distress using a scale of the K6, the 6-item scale of psychological distress on public health nurse in Kagawa prefecture, Japan
Some factors might be associated with psychological distress, as assessed by the K6, in public health nurse in Kagawa prefecture, Japan
Summary
About 14% of the global disease burden has been attributed to mental illness, mostly due to the chronically disabling nature of depression and other common mental disorders [1]. Mental health has become public health challenge in Japan. The demand for nurses has been increasing in various areas because of a medical reform bill and government amendments to the medical service payment structure in Japan. Public health nurse, who works for community and company for public health in Japan, has become more required. The psychological distress of nurses in hospitals has reported [3,4,5,6,7]. The evaluation of psychological distress of public health nurses in Japan still remains to be investigated. We evaluated the psychological distress of public health nurses by using the K6, the scale of psychological distress, in Kagawa prefecture, Japan and its relation to considerable factors in this cross-sectional investigation study
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