TY - JOUR ID - 46519 TI - The prevalence of personality disorders in nurses: role of the workplace environment JO - Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma JA - JEPT LA - en SN - AU - Mirbaha, Sahar AU - Kashani, Parvin AU - Arhami Dolatabadi, Ali AU - Amini, Afshin AU - Meschi, Farahnaz AU - Baratloo, Alireza AD - Department of Emergency Medicine, Imam Hosein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Emergency Medicine, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Clinical Psychology, Karaj Branch Islamic Azad University, Alborz, Iran AD - Department of Emergency Medicine, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 59 EP - 63 KW - Personality disorders KW - burnout KW - professional KW - Workplace KW - Nurses DO - 10.15171/jept.2017.22 N2 - Objective: Personality disorder is a multi-factorial condition in which workplace stress plays a significant role. This study was undertaken due to scarcity of information regarding the role of workplace stress which can cause personality disorder among nurses. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of personality disorders in nurses working in different hospital departments and assess factors affecting its onset. Methods: In this cross-sectional study the personality disorders of nurses working in various hospital departments were evaluated based on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) test. After the completion of questionnaires, data were entered to MMPI-2 test’s special software and the final result was interpreted based on the opinion of a clinical psychologist. Finally, multivariate logistic regression model was used to assess the independent effect of the mentioned factors on prevalence of personality disorders in nurses. Results: We gathered data from 2 groups of participants (n = 206). These groups included nurses in emergency departments and nurses in other hospital units. The mean of age was 32.5 ± 6.9 years. Overall, 54.3% (n = 38) of non-emergency nurses and 45.7% (n = 32) of emergency nurses showed symptoms of personality disorders respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that history of a serious accident or trauma increased the odds of detecting personality disorders up to 3.8 times (odds ratio [OR] = 3.84; 95% CI: 1.33-11.06; P = 0.01). In addition, an unpleasant incident in the past year increased it up to 2.2 times (OR = 2.23; 95% CI: 1.18 – 4.22; P = 0.01) in both groups. Conclusion: The present study showed that there was no significant difference between emergency departments and other units of hospitals regarding the prevalence of personality disorders among nurses. Overall, somatization, hysteria, and pollyannaish were the most common personality disorders among the studied population UR - http://www.jept.ir/article_46519.html L1 - http://www.jept.ir/article_46519_bedee0150a5ae496bf7c42222dc0107e.pdf ER -