<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_fon-2018-0040_s_006_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c17b1Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>The aim of this study was to explore the correlation between psychological resilience and social support and anxiety in obstetric nurses and to provide theoretical basis for improving the mental health of obstetric nurses.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0040_s_007_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>In this study, 190 obstetric nurses were included, using the general information questionnaire and The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), Social Support Rating Scale, and survey of Self-evaluation of Anxiety Scale.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0040_s_008_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>There are differences in the type of work and the score of psychological resilience (<italic>P</italic><bold>&lt;</bold>0.05), obstetric nurses’ resilience score was 65.58<bold>±</bold>10.65; self-rating anxiety score of obstetric nurses was 36.89<bold>±</bold>6.87; and social support score of obstetric nurses was 44.37<bold>±</bold>7.86. The psychological elasticity score and anxiety were negatively related (<italic>P</italic><bold>&lt;</bold>0.01), whereas the resilience score and total score of social support were positively related (<italic>P</italic><bold>&lt;</bold>0.01).</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0040_s_009_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c17b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Obstetric nurses have many responsibilities and stress. Nursing managers should focus on obstetric nurses’ mental health, lighten the obstetric nurses’ anxiety, and thus improve their mental flexibility and optimize the quality of nursing service better, with more passion into work.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to explore the correlation between psychological resilience and social support and anxiety in obstetric nurses and to provide theoretical basis for improving the mental health of obstetric nurses.MethodsIn this study, 190 obstetric nurses were included, using the general information questionnaire and The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), Social Support Rating Scale, and survey of Self-evaluation of Anxiety Scale.ResultsThere are differences in the type of work and the score of psychological resilience (P<0.05), obstetric nurses’ resilience score was 65.58±10.65; self-rating anxiety score of obstetric nurses was 36.89±6.87; and social support score of obstetric nurses was 44.37±7.86. The psychological elasticity score and anxiety were negatively related (P<0.01), whereas the resilience score and total score of social support were positively related (P<0.01).ConclusionsObstetric nurses have many responsibilities and stress. Nursing managers should focus on obstetric nurses’ mental health, lighten the obstetric nurses’ anxiety, and thus improve their mental flexibility and optimize the quality of nursing service better, with more passion into work.

Correlation between resilience and social support and anxiety in obstetric nurses

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to explore the correlation between psychological resilience and social support and anxiety in obstetric nurses and to...

Correlation between resilience and social support and anxiety in obstetric nurses

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 311 - 315

Received: Oct 11, 2017

Accepted: Jan 08, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0040

Keywords
obstetrics, nurses, psychological elasticity, social support, anxiety

© 2018 Xiao-Xi Liu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Correlation between resilience and social support and anxiety in obstetric nurses

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 311 - 315

Received: Oct 11, 2017

Accepted: Jan 08, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0040

Keywordsobstetrics, nurses, psychological elasticity, social support, anxiety

© 2018 Xiao-Xi Liu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
obstetrics, nurses, psychological elasticity, social support, anxiety