Investigating the relationship between the dimensions of nurses' psychological health with resilience

Authors
alireza mosavi 1
Jamal-e-din Alvani 2
1 Department of Accounting and Management, Faculty of Management, Firoozabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad, Iran
2 Department of Medicine, Kazerun Branch, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran
Abstract
Introduction

Psychological health means providing and promoting individual and social mental health, prevention, and appropriate treatment of mental illness and rehabilitation of mental patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the dimensions of nurses' psychological health and resilience of patients in surgical wards.

Materials and methods

This research has been done by a descriptive-correlation method with applied nature in 2020. The statistical population includes patients of surgical wards of Namazi Hospital in Shiraz. Using Cochran's formula, 115 patients were selected as the sample. The sampling method is simple random and the informed consent form of participation in the research is also taken from the sample. The measurement tools in this study are Fallah standard questionnaire (2019 for measuring mental health and Connor and Davidson's (2003) standard questionnaire for measuring resilience. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of reliability of the questionnaire was calculated to be 0.87 and its validity was obtained using the opinion of experts. Artificial neural networks and the Spearman test were used to analyze the data. Statistical analyzes were also performed using SPSS software number 22.

Results

The mean scores of patients' evaluation of the emotional adjustment variable were 4.71 out of 5 with a standard deviation of 1.03, emotional intelligence 4.45 with a standard deviation of 1.11, social adjustment 4.31 with a standard deviation of 1.10, environmental factors 4.18 with a standard deviation 1.15, communication-social 4.07 with a standard deviation of 1.17 and 4.75 with a standard deviation of 1.02 was calculated.

Conclusion

There is a positive and significant relationship between the dimensions of mental health and resilience, so by improving, strengthening, and developing the dimensions of mental health of nurses, the degree of resilience of patients against the wind can be increased.
Keywords
Psychological health
emotional adjustment
emotional intelligence
social adjustment
environmental and communication factors - social resilience
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