[Work-related anxiety among nursing personnel].
OBJECTIVE
To assess if work-related activities represented a threatening situation for nursing personnel through the correlation between the level of usual anxiety (trait-anxiety) and the level of anxiety present during working hours (state-anxiety). As well as, to determine state-anxiety risk factors.


METHODS
The state-trait-anxiety inventory was administered to 285 nurses of a health care institution chosen at random.


RESULTS
The correlation coefficient was 0.53 (CI 95% = 0.43, 0.60, p = 0.001), after controlling for age, marital status, number of children, workload, service, category, level of care, years of service and personal relationships. Negative personal relationships and = 1 year of service influenced the level of anxiety present during working hours (beta = -0.21, beta = -0.24, p = 0.001, respectively).


CONCLUSIONS
Work-related activities represented a threatening situation and contributed to anxiety. It is necessary to recognize anxiety work-related risk factors for developing coping strategies and preventing well-being damage.
Garza Elizondo
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Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. imssnorteinv@infosel.net.mx
de León Ledezma
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Estada Ramírez
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López Núñez
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Urbano Velázquez
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Salinas Martínez
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Villarreal Ríos
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D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011897:Random Allocation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*