Ehsan Kive’i; Pegah Parvin
Volume 4, Issue 14 , January 2014, , Pages 63-82
Abstract
AbstractThe study aimed to make a comparison of levels of mental health between medical and non-medical staff in city of Hamedan in winter 2002. Considering stress factors specific to hospitals and the fact that hospital staff are in frequent contact with human illnesses and death,the study hypothesized ...
Read More
AbstractThe study aimed to make a comparison of levels of mental health between medical and non-medical staff in city of Hamedan in winter 2002. Considering stress factors specific to hospitals and the fact that hospital staff are in frequent contact with human illnesses and death,the study hypothesized and aimed to test that staff working in medical staff working in hospitals had poorer mental health than those working in a non-medical workplace, and that women were more vulnerable to the stress factors. The study followed a causal-comparative design, and the sample population included 125 medical staff member from 4 medical centers and 98 staff members from 3 non-medical centers in city of Hamedan. Subjects were selected using convenient sampling. The scale used was General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), in which a cut-off point of 23 was considered for the scale and 6 for each subscale. The data were analyzed using chi-square and odds ratio. The results showed that 41.6% of the medical staff and 49% of the nonmedical staff were above the cut-off point, but that the differencebetween results for each subscale was not significant in the two groups. The relationship between gender and prevalence of mental disorder in the medical staff was, however, significant. Based on the results, the study suggests that stable managerial decisions, and hence increased predictability of circumstances, can improve mental health of the staff.
