Assessment of depression, anxiety and stress among emergency nursing professionals: cross-sectional study
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https://doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2025.86068Keywords:
Nurse Practitioners, Emergency Medical Services, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, PsychologicalAbstract
Objective: to assess depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in Nursing professionals working in an emergency service for adults and to associate symptoms across groups by gender, professional category and employment contract. Method: a cross-sectional study conducted in the second half of 2023 with Nursing professionals from a public hospital in Minas Gerais, using a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale. Descriptive analysis and a Student's t-test were performed. Results: most of the professionals presented symptoms at normal levels; however, a significant number with depression (n=17; 38.6%), anxiety (n=13; 29.5%) and stress (n=17; 38.6%) symptoms between moderate and extremely severe stand out. Conclusion: women presented higher levels for all three symptoms; nursing technicians reported more depression, while nurses more anxiety and stress; and professionals with more than one employment contract had higher levels than those who did not, with statistical significance for depression.
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