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American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research

Volume 12, Issue 2, 2025
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American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research
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XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0691 (Online)
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Title
PERCEIVED STRESS AMONG NURSES WORKING IN PSYCHIATRIC UNIT
Author
Josephine Jojo, Dr. Starmine C
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1MSc Nursing student, Department of Mental Health Nursing, M.O.S.C. College of Nursing, Kolenchery, Aikaranad North, Kerala 682311, India. 2Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health Nursing, M.O.S.C. College of Nursing, Kolenchery, Aikaranad Nort
Abstract
Stress in the workplace has become a significant concern, particularly in healthcare settings, where psychiatric nurses are uniquely vulnerable to stress due to the nature of their work. The study was undertaken to assess the perceived stress among nurses working in the psychiatric unit. The objectives were to assess the perceived stress and to find the association of perceived stress with selected demographic variables. Using convenience sampling technique, 20nurses working in the psychiatric unit at tertiary care hospital in Ernakulum district were enrolled in the study. Sociodemographic proforma and perceived stress scale were used to collect the data. Findings of the study showed more than half of the nurses 55% had moderate perceived stress, and only 45% had low perceived stress. The mean score for perceived stress is 12.5±6.4. Among the selected socio-demographic variables, age (?2=11.021, p=0.00271), type of family (?2=3.2997, p=0.0379), marital status (?2=8.2155p=0.0106) and years of experience (?2=13.388, p=0.00053) was found to be significantly associated with perceived stress
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