Relationship between Socio-Demographic Features, Work-Related Conditions, and Level of Anxiety among Turkish Primary Health Care Workers
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2015
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among Turkish primary health care workers' socio-demographic characteristics, working conditions, and anxiety. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 88 of 103 (85.4%) eligible health care workers from the city of Mugla participating. The participants' average age was 31 years, 85.2% were university graduates, 30.7% were nurses, and 64.8% had been working between 11 and 20 years at the time of the study; 93.6% worked 8 hours each day or less. State anxiety scores for males (p =.016), health care workers age 31 or older (p =.035), nurse participants (p =.043), and individuals who had worked 11 or more years (p =.044) were significantly higher than the rest of the sample; however, trait anxiety scores for participants who did not work overtime and were not scheduled for shift work were significantly higher (p =.033 and p =.004, respectively) than the rest of the sample. According to the logistic regression analysis, risk factors for anxiety included being male and older than 31 years. © American Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
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Adult , Anxiety , Cross-Sectional Studies , Demography , Female , Health Personnel , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Primary Health Care , Socioeconomic Factors , Turkey , Workload , adult , anxiety , clinical study , controlled study , cross-sectional study , human , logistic regression analysis , male , nurse , primary health care , rest , risk factor , shift worker , university , work environment , anxiety , demography , etiology , female , health care personnel , middle aged , primary health care , procedures , psychology , socioeconomics , standards , Turkey , workload