Study on relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and nurses′psychological capital
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2017.09.017
- VernacularTitle:创伤后应激障碍与护士心理资本的相关性研究
- Author:
Qiuxia JIN
;
Ziwei KE
;
Yanfei LU
;
Yuxin GE
;
Yanyan LI
;
Yiqin SUN
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Posttraumatic stress disorder;
Psychological capital
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2017;33(9):704-707
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and nurses′ psychological capital. Methods By convenient sampling, totally 550 nurses in 5 first-class upper level general hospitals in Zhejiang province were investigated by the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Cheeklist-Civilan Version (PCL-C) and Nurses Psychological Capital Questionnaire Revision (NPCQR), and the results were analyzed. Results 18.35%investigated nurses showed a certain degree of PTSD symptoms and 13.71% showed obvious PTSD symptoms. The positive rate was 32.06%.The overall score of nurses′psychological capital was 78.81 ± 16.54, which was in the middle level, and the dimension scores from high to low were self-efficacy (23.80±5.35), hope (23.36±5.24), resilience (19.66 ±4.29), and optimism (11.99 ± 3.21). The nurses′psychological capital had a negative effect on posttraumatic stress disorder (P<0.01). Conclusions Psychological capital of nurses is a negative predictor of PTSD symptoms, which suggested that managers should pay more attention to the development of nurses′psychological capital to reduce and prevent the occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder,then to improve nursing service quality.
