Determination of Effect of Working Conditions on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Anxiety in Midwives and Nurses

Aim: This study was carried out to determine the effect of certain characteristics of midwives and nurses for work life on obsessive-compulsive sign and anxiety levels. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study. The population of the study consisted of 157 midwives and nurses working in Tunceli State Hospital, Tunceli Dental Hospital and 3 Family Health Centers located in Center of Tunceli Data of the research was collected by Personal Information Form, Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Questionnaire (MOCQ) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). For data evaluation, descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, KruskalWallis test, Spearman's correlation analysis were used. Results: The mean MOCQ score of midwives and nurses participating the study was 29.34 ± 6.01, their mean BAI score was 8.20±8.64. When MOCQ and BAI scores and sociodemographic data were compared, the difference in the gender variable was determined (p<0.05). A significant difference was found between MOCQ and BAI scores, according to the working positions and the presence of obsessive thoughts among family and colleagues. A significant difference was determined, between MOCQ scores according to the profession and BAI scores according to the weekly working hours (p>0.05). There wasn’t significant difference between the scales scores according to suitability of the profession. MOCQ and BAI scores were moderately and negatively correlated. Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that the obsessive-compulsive signs of midwives and nurses are high, their level of anxiety is moderate and these signs are affected by variables such as occupation, working position, weekly working hours.