Research Article
Occupational Health Hazards in ICU Nursing Staff
Table 3
Medians, means, and standard deviations of psychological damage among nurses and nursing technicians, BrasÃlia, 2007.
| | Psychological hazards | Nurses | Nursing technicians | | Md | Ma | SD | Md | Ma | SD |
| | Sadness | 3 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | | Irritation with everything | 2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | | Loss of self-confidence | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | | Feeling of emptiness | 2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2 | 1.9 | 1.2 | | Loss of self-control | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | | Bitterness | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | | Feeling of defeat | 1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | | Crying for no apparent reason | 1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | | Willingness to give everything up | 1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | | Long-lasting feeling of despair | 1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | | Negative image of oneself | 1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
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Ma: mean; Md: median; SD: standard deviation.
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