the relationship of job stress, depression and anxiety of nursing staff of urmia university of medical sciences

the relationship of job stress, depression and anxiety of   nursing staff of urmia university of medical sciences     r. khalilzadeh [1] , r. yavarian [2] , h.khalkhali [3]     abstract:   introduction: stress is assumed as mental under pressure in psychology. stress and consequently psychological imbalance occurs when a person is unable to manage or response to internal or external stimulators.   job and family situations and personality may produce stress. in this study relationship of job stress, depression and anxiety was investigated.   methods & materials: in this study, at first we selected 200 nurses. then the nurses completed job stress questionnaires: depression and anxiety test.   results: results reveal that there is a significant relationship among job stress, depression and anxiety but the relationship of job stress and type of employment isn't significant. conclusion: results of this study confirmed some results of previous studies.   according to the results it appears as if special attention should be given to job stress of nursing staff.     keywords: job stress, depression, anxiety     address: department of psychiatry, salmas road, urmia, iran   assistant professor of urmia university of medical sciences - [1]   instructur of urmia university of medical sciences - [2]   instructur of urmia medical university of medical sciences - [3]