title: [Work-related anxiety among nursing personnel].
abstract: 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.
authors: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. imssnorteinv@infosel.net.mx
authors: M E
authors: ME
authors: Garza Elizondo
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: de León Ledezma
authors: M T
authors: MT
authors: Estada Ramírez
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: López Núñez
authors: M E
authors: ME
authors: Urbano Velázquez
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Salinas Martínez
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Villarreal Ríos
mesh_terms: 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*