Mental health status and its influencing factors of nurses in geriatric department after workplace violence

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the mental health status and influencing factors of geriatric nurses after workplace violence. Methods: From February 2019 to January 2020, 102 geriatric nurses who suffered workplace violence in three hospitals in Shaoxing were collected as the observation group and 100 geriatric nurses who did not suffer workplace violence in the same period as the control group. The general data of nurses in the two groups were investigated, the workplace violence was investigated with the hospital workplace violence questionnaire, the mental disorders and mental diseases were investigated with the symptom checklist 90 (SCL-90) , the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder were investigated with the symptom checklist of post-traumatic stress disorder (pcl-c) , and the psychological elasticity was investigated with the psychological elasticity scale, Social support was investigated with social support scale (SSRs) . Results: The total average score of symptom checklist 90 (SCL-90) of nurses with workplace violence was (1.49 ± 0.48) . Compared with the control group, the total average score of SCL-90, somatization, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, depression, anxiety and fear factors in the observation group were significantly increased (P<0.05) . The total score of post-traumatic stress disorder symptom list (pcl-c) in the observation group was (34.51±9.87) . Compared with the control group, the total average score of pcl-c, re experience, avoidance and vigilance factors in the observation group were significantly increased (P<0.05) . The total average score of SCL-90 of nurses with workplace violence was positively correlated with psychological elasticity and social support (P<0.05) . Multivariate linear analysis showed that psychological elasticity, tenacity and control, optimism, social support and subjective support were the main factors affecting nurses＇mental health. Conclusion: Geriatric nurses suffering from workplace violence are prone to mental health problems and post-traumatic stress disorder, which should be improved by improving their psychological elasticity and social support.