The XXXX and its Mental Health Consequences Among Nurses.

@entity308 @entity148 @entity458
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of @entity458 in nurses and to observe its correlation with negative mental health ( @entity308 , @entity148 and stress). Further to examine the role of @entity458 as a predictor of negative mental health in nurses and to explore the differences in the experience of @entity308 , @entity148 and stress between junior and senior nurses. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Public Sector Hospitals in Lahore, from December 2011 to March 2012. METHODOLOGY: Asample of 200 nurses with age range 23 to 46 years was obtained. Assessment tools used in the study were @entity458 Experience Questionnaire (SHEQ) by Kamal, and @entity308 , @entity148 and Stress Scale (DASS) by Lovibond and Lovibond. RESULTS: Mean age of the nurses was 29.80   7.10 years. Among these 63% were married and 37% unmarried. The mean working experience of nurses was 13.7   3. 52 years and their mean monthly income was 27820   13687.32 rupees. Their working hours ranged from 8 to 16 hours (M = 8.32, SD = 2.12). The mean prevalence of @entity458 was 71.66   19.01. Asignificant positive correlation of @entity458 with @entity308 , @entity148 , stress and combined effect of them (DASS) was found. Multiple regression analysis showed @entity458 as significant predictor of @entity308 (b= 0.47, p < .001), @entity148 (b= 0.43, p < .001) and stress (b= 0.45, p < .001) in nurses. CONCLUSION: Sexual harassment was found to be a predictor of negative mental health in the form of @entity308 , @entity148 and stress in nurses of public hospitals.
