بررسی شیوع افسردگی و عوامل موثر بر آن در پرستاران بیمارستان امام خمینی (ره) تهران

In a cross-sectional survey depression prevalence of 130 nurses in Tehran Imam Khomeini hospital has been investigated by using long from test items (21 questions) of Beck depression questionnaire. Also necessary data for independent variables was collected by interview. The findings of this study indicated that depression rate of mild, moderate and severe type were 73.1%, 21.5% and 5.4%, respectively. In this study statistically significant association has been found between depression and marital status (P<0.0001), level of education (P<0.005), over time's hours at work (P<0.02) and parent's death at childhood (Before 11th age) (P<0.001).