Evaluation of the Relationship between Social Desirability and Minor Psychiatric Disorders among Nurses in Southern Iran: A Robust Regression Approach
Abstract Background: Social desirability may affect different aspects of people’s quality of life. One of the impressive dimensions of quality of life is mental health. The prevalence of Minor Psychiatric Disorders (MPD) among health care workers is higher than other health workers. This article...
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| author | Narges Roustaei Peyman Jafari Erfan Sadeghi Jamshid Jamali |
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Background: Social desirability may affect different aspects of people’s quality of life. One of
the impressive dimensions of quality of life is mental health. The prevalence of Minor Psychiatric
Disorders (MPD) among health care workers is higher than other health workers. This article aims at
evaluating the relationship between social desirability and MPD among nurses in southern Iran.
Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 765 nurses who had been employed in hospitals
in the southern provinces of Iran. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and Marlowe-
Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MC-SDS) were used for evaluating the MPD and social desirability
in nurses, respectively. The Robust Regression was used to determine any quantified relationship
between social desirability and the level of MPD with adjusted age, gender, work experience, marital
status, and level of education.
Result: The mean scores of GHQ-12 and MC-SDS were 13.02±5.64 (out of 36) and 20.17±4.76 (out of
33), respectively. The result of Robust Regression indicated that gender and social desirability were
statistically significant in affecting MPD.
Conclusion: The prevalence of MPD in female nurses was higher than males. Nurses with higher
social desirability scores had the tendency to report lower levels of MPD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ca21d51bd46475b8b15f8670bfff7732022-12-22T00:17:29ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery2322-24762322-48352015-10-0134301308Evaluation of the Relationship between Social Desirability and Minor Psychiatric Disorders among Nurses in Southern Iran: A Robust Regression ApproachNarges Roustaei0Peyman Jafari1Erfan Sadeghi2Jamshid Jamali3Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;Abstract Background: Social desirability may affect different aspects of people’s quality of life. One of the impressive dimensions of quality of life is mental health. The prevalence of Minor Psychiatric Disorders (MPD) among health care workers is higher than other health workers. This article aims at evaluating the relationship between social desirability and MPD among nurses in southern Iran. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 765 nurses who had been employed in hospitals in the southern provinces of Iran. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and Marlowe- Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MC-SDS) were used for evaluating the MPD and social desirability in nurses, respectively. The Robust Regression was used to determine any quantified relationship between social desirability and the level of MPD with adjusted age, gender, work experience, marital status, and level of education. Result: The mean scores of GHQ-12 and MC-SDS were 13.02±5.64 (out of 36) and 20.17±4.76 (out of 33), respectively. The result of Robust Regression indicated that gender and social desirability were statistically significant in affecting MPD. Conclusion: The prevalence of MPD in female nurses was higher than males. Nurses with higher social desirability scores had the tendency to report lower levels of MPD.http://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/index.php/ijcbnm/article/view/335/95IranMental disordersNursesRobust regressionSocial desirability |
| spellingShingle | Narges Roustaei Peyman Jafari Erfan Sadeghi Jamshid Jamali Evaluation of the Relationship between Social Desirability and Minor Psychiatric Disorders among Nurses in Southern Iran: A Robust Regression Approach International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery Iran Mental disorders Nurses Robust regression Social desirability |
| title | Evaluation of the Relationship between Social Desirability and Minor Psychiatric Disorders among Nurses in Southern Iran: A Robust Regression Approach |
| title_full | Evaluation of the Relationship between Social Desirability and Minor Psychiatric Disorders among Nurses in Southern Iran: A Robust Regression Approach |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Relationship between Social Desirability and Minor Psychiatric Disorders among Nurses in Southern Iran: A Robust Regression Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Relationship between Social Desirability and Minor Psychiatric Disorders among Nurses in Southern Iran: A Robust Regression Approach |
| title_short | Evaluation of the Relationship between Social Desirability and Minor Psychiatric Disorders among Nurses in Southern Iran: A Robust Regression Approach |
| title_sort | evaluation of the relationship between social desirability and minor psychiatric disorders among nurses in southern iran a robust regression approach |
| topic | Iran Mental disorders Nurses Robust regression Social desirability |
| url | http://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/index.php/ijcbnm/article/view/335/95 |
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