Investigation on the correlation of the self-esteem, the social support and the anxiety of the engaging system nurses

Abstract

Objective To obtain the physical and mental health of the engaging system nurses and the correlation of their self-esteem, the social support and the anxiety. Methods 135 nurses in the engaging system and 124 nurses in the personnel quota, all in a given secondary A-level hospital in Shanghai, were investigated by using the self-esteem scale, the social support rating scale and the anxiety rating scale. Results It is of significant difference in the self-esteem, the anxiety, the total score of the social support, the subjective support and the objective support of the two groups, but of no significant difference in the support availability. The detection rate of anxiety in the engaging system nurses is 40% and is higher than that in the nurses in the personnel quota. It showed positive correlation among the self-esteem, the total score of social support and objective support but no correlation among the self-esteem, the subjective support and support availability in the engaging system nurses, however in the same group, it showed negative correlation between the self-esteem and the anxiety and among the anxiety, the total score of the social support, the objective support, the subjective support and the support availability. Conclusions Good social support can help the engaging system nurses increase self-esteem and reduce anxiety, thus it is a key factor to maintain the physical and mental health. Key words: The engaging system nurses; Self-esteem; Social support; Anxiety