Assessment of Anxiety Level of Employed Formal Nurses in Hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences

The word anxiety for the first time was applied as the physical pressure in 15 h century, and Banner in the psycho‑physical plan, used it as the cause of the sickness in 17 th century. From the excitement point of�view, anxiety causes the self-sick regarding, absence at work, misuse of the psychoactive materials and reducing self‑reliance. Among different factors, working situation and activities related to the nurses' jobs are considered as the threatening ones and the causes of�the anxiety. The importance of�the subject and the lack of such study caused the motivation for the present research in order to determine the level of anxiety among the nurses in Urmia. Through the recognition of the anxiety, one can introduce some procedures to reduce it.

Methods & Material: This study is done in order to determine the level of anxiety among the employed nurses working in Hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences. To obtain the said purpose in a descriptive study 140 nurses have been selected through a cluster random selection. The means of information collecting was the standard questionnaire of Spiel Berger, which was fulfilled by samples themselves.

Results: The findings of this research revealed that the nurses had different levels of anxiety, 51.4% had moderate anxiety, 41.4% had mild anxiety and 7.1% had severs anxiety. The obtained results showed there was no meaningful statistical relationship between the state and trait anxiety with some matter such as genetic variant, religion, educational degree, marital situation, over time working, sickness experience and the usage of a especial drug.

Discussion: The results of this study have been adjusted with the results of the studies done in the U.S.A., Ken‑nan and Zahedan. The presence of unhealthy psychological condition among nurses is something that must be extremely considered