Anxiety symptoms among Chinese nurses and the associated factors: a cross sectional study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gao, Yu Qin ^a   Pan, Bo Chen ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Wu, Hui ^a   Wang, Jia Na ^a   Wang, Lie ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION; EFFORT REWARD IMBALANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB CONTENT QUESTIONNAIRE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGISTERED NURSE; SALARY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKPLACE; ZUNG SELF RATING ANXIETY SCALE; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; REWARD; SELF-RATING ANXIETY SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84866178271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-141     Document Type: Article

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