effects of stress management program on the quality of nursing care and intensive care unit nurses

Authors

saied pahlavanzadeh

zohreh asgari

nasrollah alimohammadi

abstract

abstract ba ckground: high level of stress in intensive care unit nurses affects the quality of their nursing care. therefore, this study aimed to determine the effects of a stress management program on the quality of nursing care of intensive care unit nurses. materials and methods: this study is a randomized clinical trial that was conducted on 65 nurses. the samples were selected by stratified sampling of the nurses working in intensive care units 1, 2, 3 in al‑zahra hospital in isfahan, iran and were randomly assigned to two groups. the intervention group underwent an intervention, including 10 sessions of stress management that was held twice a week. in the control group, placebo sessions were held simultaneously. data were gathered by demographic checklist and quality patient care scale before, immediately after, and 1 month after the intervention in both groups. then, the data were analyzed by student’s t‑test, mann–whitney, chi‑square, fisher’s exact test, and analysis of variance (anova) through spss software version 18. results: mean scores of overall and dimensions of quality of care in the intervention group were significantly higher immediately after and 1 month after the intervention, compared to pre‑intervention (p < 0.001). the results showed that the quality of care in the intervention group was significantly higher immediately after and 1 month after the intervention, compared to the control group (p < 0.001). conclusions: as stress management is an effective method to improve the quality of care, the staffs are recommended to consider it in improvement of the quality of nursing care.

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Journal title:
iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research

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