Comparison of Nurses' Depression and Anxiety in Macao and Guangzhou / 中国临床心理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To examine differences in depression and anxiety between nurses in Macau and Guangzhou. Methods: To compare the scores of SAS and SDS of two groups of nurses in the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University and Macao Centro hospitalar Conde de S. Ja'muario. Results: Total mean scores of SAS and SDS showed no significant differences between groups. There were however significant group differences in item scores on symptoms such as anxiety, fear, panic, pain in body, fatigue, dyspnea, frequent urine, hyperhidrosis on SAS, as well as constipation, tachycardia, fatigue on SDS ( P