Study of Mental Health and Its Related Factors in Midwives of Shirvan Hospitals and Health Centers in 2018

Publish Year: 1398
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 11 آبان 1398

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Backgrounds: Midwives are the prominent part of community health care providers. Mental health of midwives can have the most significant impact on providing and maintaining mothers and infants health. The psychological problems caused by occupational stress may seriously impair the mental health of midwives and affect on job quality of this occupational group. The current study aimed at investigating mental health and its related factors in midwives of Shirvan hospitals and health centers.Material and Method: This cross-sectional study was performed on 60 employed midwives in Shirvan hospitals and health centers in 2018 using the census method. Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (28 questions in 4 subscales) (GHQ-28) was used to collect data. The data were analyzed through t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation tests using SPSS software (version 16) and p values below <0.05 was regarded statistically significant.Result: Based on the results, the mean age of the participants was 32.66 ± 5.90 years, and the mean work experience was 7.61 ± 4.89 years. Based on the GHQ-28 test, 82.38% of the participants showed mental health and 17.62% of them have high risk of mental disorder, of those 4.5% have severe mental health disorder. 0.38%, 1.2% and 1.30% of the participants showed symptoms of depression, anxiety and physical disability respectively. No significant difference was found between mental health and variables of individual characteristics (age, work experience, marital status, and education level).Discussion: Considering the various stressful factors in midwives work environment, it seems necessary to use appropriate approaches for controlling and managing source factors of stress and amending workplace conditions to promotion mental health. Overall, various health improvement strategies can be suggested such as increment awareness of mental health disorders, decrease in working hours, and meliorate the financial payment system

Authors

Shirin Ramezani

Imam Khomeini hospital, Shirvan- North Khorasan University of medical science, Bojnord, Iran

Leli Taghizadeh

Imam Khomeini hospital, Shirvan- North Khorasan University of medical science, Bojnord, Iran