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Levels of Anxiety, Fatigue, Satisfaction and Self-esteem of Nursing

Staff in Public Hospitals of Ilia
Stavrianopoulos Theodosios1, Stamati Stamatia2, Gevreki Eleftheria3, Gourvelou Ourania4,
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RN, MSc, Intensive Care Unit General Hospital of Athens gioi Anargiroi
RN, Head of Pediatric Clinic General Hospital of Pyrgos
Professor of Nursing, Technological Institute of Patra.

ABSTRACT
Job burnout is defined as a syndrome - a

complex product of emotional exhaustion,

depersonalization and reduced personal achievements that can occur to people who work
extensively with many other people under considerable time pressure.

Aim: The investigation and measurement of factors contributing in the creation of stress and
fatigue of nursing staff so as the
professional career.

satisfaction and self-esteem that nurses live during their

Material and methods: The study population included 167 employees of regular nursing staff

working in three public hospitals of the province. Data was collected by completing anonymous

structured questionnaire. The program used for entering coded data and statistical processing was

SPSS 11.0.

Results: Statistical analysis showed that females reported good and very good emotional status
than males with a statistically significant difference, p <0.001. Also, the men surveyed were
satisfied with their profession 'often' and 'very often' compared with women with a statistically
important difference, p <0.005. he greater the seniority of the respondents the more they say that
fatigue at the during the shift. The observed difference is statistically significant at a p level of less

than 0.05. Finally there was little statistically significant positive correlation between years of work
and fatigue. (p=0,004).

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Conclusions: Health professionals are more prone to fatigue than other professional workers
because they are responsible for human lives and their actions have a significant impact on these
people, the workload given to them is very high.

Keywords: Anxiety, lassitude, satisfaction, nurses, hospitals, Ilia.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
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Archimidous 4, Pirgos Ilias,
P.C. 27100,
Tel: 2621032528 , 6945609047,
E-mail: sakisstav@hotmail.com

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