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Prevalence of depressive symptoms among nurses in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 7, p e0235448 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Background Depression is one of the most common mental disorders, profoundly impacting an individual’s performance and quality of life. Due to their unique working conditions, nursing is counted among the occupational groups at high risk for developing depression. Because of the shortage of nursing resources in China, Chinese nurses suffer from heavy daily workloads more than those in many other countries. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the overall prevalence of depressive symptoms and analyse the potential risk factors of depressive symptoms in Chinese nurses. Methods A systematic literature search in PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, the Chinese BioMedical Literature Database (CBM), the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and the Weipu and Wanfang databases up to Dec 31st, 2019 was performed regarding the prevalence of depressive symptoms in Chinese nurses. Eligibility assessment and data extraction were performed independently by 2 researchers, and meta-analysis was used to synthesize the data. Heterogeneity was evaluated using Cochran’s Q test and quantified using the I2 statistic. To explore the potential source of heterogeneity, subgroup analyses were also performed. In addition, both funnel plot and Egger’s tests were adopted to assess publication bias. Results A total of 102 studies published from 1996 to 2019 covering 22 provinces were included for further analysis. The total number of participants was 52,592, with a range of 46 to 7205 per study. The overall prevalence of depressive symptoms in Chinese nurses was 43.83% (95%CI: 40.26%-47.42%), and 31.12% (95%CI: 27.30%-35.07%) were classified as mild degrees of depressive symptoms. The prevalence of depressive symptoms may be significantly affected by region, province or municipality and department marital status. Moreover, an increasing trend in the prevalence of depressive symptoms was observed in recent years. Conclusion The results presented a high prevalence of depressive symptoms among Chinese nurses, which suggests interventional programmes by health decision-makers to improving the mental state of nurses is needed urgently, especially in nurses with high risk factors for depressive symptoms. Furthermore, the nationwide investigation of depressive symptoms prevalence should be performed with a standard diagnostic tool, which may be more useful for policy makers and planners.
- Subjects :
- Male
Databases, Factual
Health Care Providers
Nurses
Publication Ethics
Geographical Locations
Database and Informatics Methods
0302 clinical medicine
Mathematical and Statistical Techniques
Quality of life
Risk Factors
Medicine and Health Sciences
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Medical Personnel
Database Searching
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Research Integrity
Multidisciplinary
Depression
Statistics
Middle Aged
Metaanalysis
Research Assessment
Professions
Systematic review
Meta-analysis
Physical Sciences
Marital status
Female
Research Article
Adult
Funnel plot
China
Asia
Systematic Reviews
Science Policy
Science
MEDLINE
Research and Analysis Methods
03 medical and health sciences
Environmental health
Mental Health and Psychiatry
Humans
Statistical Methods
business.industry
Mood Disorders
Publication bias
Health Care
People and Places
Quality of Life
Population Groupings
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PloS one
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....567bf53dfd53fb80cb4cb78f59c91864