An Empirical Investigation of Stress Anxiety and Depression among Nurses Working at Tertiary Care Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

In any healthcare context, nurses are expected to provide patients with excellent care, and they are seen as a vital component of the medical workforce. To conduct the empirical investigation to assess the stress anxiety and depression among nurses working at a tertiary care hospital in Lahore. This study was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Jinnah Hospital Lahore. Data were gathered using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21), which was self-completed. The data was entered and examined using SPSS version 24.0. In the current study, most of the nurses (34.66%) had moderate and 45 nurses (30%) had severe depression. Based on the distribution of stress, 75 nurses (or 50%) had mild anxiety, and 40 nurses (or 26.66%) had moderate anxiety. Neglecting these mental health disorders may hurt the performance of the nursing staff, which could affect the standard of patient care.