The Mental Health Status and Quality of Life of Midwives and Nurses Working in Primary Health Care Services

Kaya, Nurdan; GÜLER, Nuran

The Mental Health Status and Quality of Life of Midwives and Nurses Working in Primary Health Care Services

Nurdan KAYA, (Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi)

Nuran GÜLER (Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi)

Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi

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Yıl: 2019 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 4 Sayfa Aralığı: 668 - 675 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 27-11-2019

The Mental Health Status and Quality of Life of Midwives and Nurses Working in Primary Health Care Services

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Purpose: The aim of this research was to determine the mental health status and quality of life of midwives and nurses workingin primary health care services in Sivas city center.Methods: This research was done as a cross-sectional type. The universe of the research consists of a total of 187 nurses andmidwives working in primary health care services in Sivas city center. In this study, no sample selection was made from thetotal population. In this study, we reached to 133 (71%) midwives and nurses who accepted to participate in the study. As datacollection methods: Personal Information Form, the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) and the Turkish World HealthOrganization Quality of Life Questionnaire-Short Form were used. In the assessment, statistical tests including the significancetest between the difference of two averages, analysis of variance, Tukey’s test and chi-square test have been used and the marginof error was taken as 0.05.Results: The average age of midwives and nurses was 32.54±5.55. According to the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28),21.1% of the employees were found to be at a high risk of having psychological problems. Employees’ quality of life domainscores were found to be 16.53±2.16 for the physical area, 14.42±1.71 for the psychological area, 14.51±2.03 for the social area,14.27±1.69 for the environmental area and 12.36±0.95 for the national area.Conclusion: According to these findings, general quality of life of the employees was found in the middle level, the average scorefor physical area at the highest level, and the average score for the national area at the lowest level. According to GSA-28, it isstatistically significant that the life quality of employees who are considered as risky in terms of mental health. As a result, therewas a significant positive relationship between mental health status, and quality of life of midwives and nurses. Employees whoare mentally healthy, their quality of life was found to be better than the others.

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Konular: Genel ve Dahili Tıp

BIRINCI BASAMAK SAĞLIK HIZMETLERINDE ÇALIŞAN HEMŞIRELERIN VE HEMŞIRELERIN RUH SAĞLIĞI VE YAŞAM KALITELERI

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Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, Sivas il merkezinde birinci basamak sağlık hizmetlerinde çalışan ebe ve hemşirelerin ruhsal sağlık durumlarını ve yaşam kalitelerini belirlemektir. Yöntem: Bu araştırma kesitsel tipte yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini Sivas il merkezinde bulunan birinci basamak sağlık kuruluşunda çalışan 187 ebe ve hemşire oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada örneklem seçimine gidilmemiştir. Araştırmayı kabul eden 133 (%71) ebe ve hemşire araştırmanın örneklemini oluşturmuştur. Veri toplama aracı olarak, Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Genel Sağlık Anketi-28 (GSA-28) ve Türkçe Dünya Sağlık Örgütü Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği-Kısa Formu kullanılmıştır. Verilerin istatistiksel değerlendirmesinde iki ortalama arasındaki farkın önemlilik testi, varyans analizi, Tukey Testi ve Ki-kare Testi kullanılmış ve yanılma düzeyi 0,05 olarak alınmıştır. Bulgular: Ebe ve hemşirelerin yaş ortalaması 32,54±5,55’dir. Genel Sağlık Anketine (GSA-28) göre çalışanların %21,1’inin ruhsal sorunlar yönünden riskli olduğu saptanmıştır. Çalışanların yaşam kalitesi alan puanları bedensel alan için 16,53±2,16, ruhsal alan için 14,42±1,71, sosyal alan için 14,51±2,03, çevresel alan için 14,27±1,69 ve ulusal alan için 12,36±0,95 olarak belirlenmiştir. Sonuç: Bu bulgulara göre ebe ve hemşirelerin genel olarak yaşam kalitesi orta düzeyde ve bedensel alan puan ortalaması en yüksek, ulusal alan puan ortalaması en düşük olarak saptanmıştır. GSA-28 göre ruh sağlığı açısından riskli kabul edilen çalışanların yaşam kalitelerinin daha düşük olduğu istatistiksel yönden anlamlı bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak, ebe ve hemşirelerin ruh sağlığı durumu ile yaşam kalitesi arasında anlamlı bir pozitif ilişki vardı. Ruhsal sağlığı iyi olan çalışanların, yaşam kaliteleri de daha yüksektir.

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Konular: Genel ve Dahili Tıp

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APA	Kaya N, GÜLER N (2019). The Mental Health Status and Quality of Life of Midwives and Nurses Working in Primary Health Care Services. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 10(4), 668 - 675.
Chicago	Kaya Nurdan,GÜLER Nuran The Mental Health Status and Quality of Life of Midwives and Nurses Working in Primary Health Care Services. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 10, no.4 (2019): 668 - 675.
MLA	Kaya Nurdan,GÜLER Nuran The Mental Health Status and Quality of Life of Midwives and Nurses Working in Primary Health Care Services. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, vol.10, no.4, 2019, ss.668 - 675.
AMA	Kaya N,GÜLER N The Mental Health Status and Quality of Life of Midwives and Nurses Working in Primary Health Care Services. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi. 2019; 10(4): 668 - 675.
Vancouver	Kaya N,GÜLER N The Mental Health Status and Quality of Life of Midwives and Nurses Working in Primary Health Care Services. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi. 2019; 10(4): 668 - 675.
IEEE	Kaya N,GÜLER N "The Mental Health Status and Quality of Life of Midwives and Nurses Working in Primary Health Care Services." Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 10, ss.668 - 675, 2019.
ISNAD	Kaya, Nurdan - GÜLER, Nuran. "The Mental Health Status and Quality of Life of Midwives and Nurses Working in Primary Health Care Services". Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 10/4 (2019), 668-675.