@article{Khan_Farooq_Bano_2011, title={ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN NURSES WORKING IN GOVERNMENT TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITALS OF PESHAWAR KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH JOB STRESS}, volume={26}, url={https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1213}, abstractNote={Objectives: To estimate the prevalence and intensity of anxiety and depression and its relationship with job<br />stress among the nursing staff.<br />Methodology: This cross sectional analytical descriptive study was conducted in three teaching hospitals of<br />Peshawar from 1st August 2006 to 30th November 2006. Convenient sampling was used. The sample<br />consisted of 700 nurses. Sociodemographic details were collected through a proforma. Self rating<br />translated Job Stress Questionnaire was administered followed by self rating Urdu version of AKUAD scale<br />for estimation of job stress and intensity of anxiety and depression. SPSS version 16 was used for<br />statistics.<br />Results: The prevalence of anxiety and depression was 100% with mean score of 41±10.70 and job stress<br />38.96±18.76. The prevelance of mild, moderate,severe and very severe degrees of anxiety and depression<br />was 55.6%,39.3%,4.6% and 0.6% respectively. There was no significant correlation between total scores<br />on (AKUADS) and job stress on JSQ (0.836 P≥0.5). Five items of job stress: Inability to satisfy patients<br />(0.022, P ≤0.5), health hazards (o.oo3, P ≤o.5), dealing violent patients (0.001,P≤0.5),dealing abusive<br />patients(0.043≤0.5) and shift work(0.027, P ≤0.05) showed statistically negative correlation with severity<br />of anxiety and depression.<br />Conclusion: All nurses in our study had anxiety and depression, majority were in mild to moderate<br />intensity range. Although no significant relationship was observed between anxiety and depression and job<br />stress as a whole, yet significant negative relationship with some aspects of job stress was found. The<br />findings reflected a public health issue.}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute}, author={Khan, Shajaat Ali and Farooq, Saeed and Bano, Akhter}, year={2011}, month={Dec.} }