2015, Volume 8, Issue Spec Iss 4, pp 313 – 318

Effectiveness of stress management training on the psychological well-being of the nurses

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Correspondence to: Pahlevani M, Master of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Amol, Iran, Phone/ Fax: +981143217133, E-mail: inter@iauamol.ac.ir

Abstract

Objective: an appropriate psychological intervention to promote the level of the public health and mental well-being of nurses has a great importance. This investigation was aimed to study the effectiveness of stress management training on the psychological welfare of nurses in Imam Khomeini Hospital.

Methodology: this study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest that used a control group. Hence, 40 of the nurses in Imam Khomeini Hospital were selected by using a convenience sampling method and placed in the experimental group and the control group. Both groups were pretested by using psychological well-being 84-question scale. Afterwards, the experimental group was trained for ten sessions under stress management skill exercise, and the check group got no intervention. Next, both societies were post-tested, and the acquired data were analyzed by using inferential and descriptive statistical methods accompanied by SPSS 21 software.

Findings: the results indicated that stress management training significantly led to the promotion of psychological well-being in nurses (p < 0.001).

Conclusion: it was found from the research that due to the high level of effectiveness of stress management training, its low cost, and its high acceptability by the patients, especially when it was performed in a group, had a significant positive impact on the promotion of psychological well-being in nurses.

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PMC ID: 5319283
PubMed ID: 28316750
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Article Publishing Date (print): 2015
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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