Study on correlation between depression and social support in military nurses in Beijing

VernacularTitle:北京市某军队医院护士抑郁与社会支持的相关性研究
Author: Ping-Ping JIANG ¹ ; Xun SU ; Min JIA
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1. 空军总医院干部病房四区
Keywords: Hospitals,military; Nurses; Depression; Social support
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2013;19(19):2240-2243
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate depression symptoms of nurses in military hospital,and discuss its relationship between social support,so as to provide reference for nurses' mental health.Methods Basic information scale,seif-rating depression scale (SDS),social support rating scale (SSRS) were used to investigate 502 nurses in Beijing military hospital who had been working for more than one year.Results Totals of 502 questionnaires were handed out and 449 were recovered,with the rate of 89.4％.The total score of SDS and SSRS was (53.51 ± 6.19) and (36.70 ± 6.90),while Chinese norm was (33.46 ± 8.55) and (34.56 ± 3.73),and the difference was statistically significant (t =68.638,6.578,respectively; P ＜ 0.01).Correlativity analysis of SDS,SSRS and each dimension showed that,depression was negatively related to social support(P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions Military nurses' depression is not optimistic,which deserves more attention from society and hospital administrators.Practical social support is needed to improve their psychological health.