1995
DOI: 10.1136/fn.72.2.f107
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Stress and mental health in neonatal intensive care units.

Abstract: The views of 34 neonatologists (a 78% response rate) and 192 neonatal intensive care nurses (a 66% response rate) were obtained on work, stress, and relationships in neonatal intensive care units.

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“…In the review of previous studies, the prevalence of psychological morbidity in nurses was about 18 to 48.8% 12,[29][30][31][32] ; only one report, from Nigeria, showed lower psychological morbidity rates than our nurse group. The higher morbidity rates among nurses reported in other surveys 13,15,29) may be due to specific work situations or due to different methodology in cutoff points of the GHQ. Therefore, this is a study involving healthcare workers, the gender differences in psychological morbidity usually found between the sexes may disappear as a result of the type of work they do.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 54%
“…In the review of previous studies, the prevalence of psychological morbidity in nurses was about 18 to 48.8% 12,[29][30][31][32] ; only one report, from Nigeria, showed lower psychological morbidity rates than our nurse group. The higher morbidity rates among nurses reported in other surveys 13,15,29) may be due to specific work situations or due to different methodology in cutoff points of the GHQ. Therefore, this is a study involving healthcare workers, the gender differences in psychological morbidity usually found between the sexes may disappear as a result of the type of work they do.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 54%
“…1 -5 The impact of light and sound in the ICU environment affects staff members, as well as patients and their families, and may contribute to elevated stress levels independent of the stress produced by caring for critically ill patients. 6 Stressful working conditions may contribute to ''burnout'' and negatively impact staff retention.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent studies stress that these professionals have endured an increasingly strenuous workload, compromising their quality of life (5)(6)(7)(8)(9) . These studies show the repercussions of organizational factors on the mental and physical health of physicians and nurses who work in pediatric and neonatal ICUs such as: burnout, psychological disorders generating professional stress, changing cortisol levels and salivary amylase due to excessive noise, relationship difficulties within the team, patients and family members.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%