Epidemiological Study of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Nurses of boshehr city

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Masoud sayady ¹ , Elahe poladi reishehry ² , S.Mosa Golestane ³

1 - Department of psychology, Islamic Azad University, Boshehr, Iran
2 - Assistant professor of psychology, Islamic Azad University, Boshehr, Iran
3 - Assistant professor of psychology, University of Khalij e Fars, Boshehr, Iran

Received: 2013-05-10 Accepted : 2013-09-09 Published : 2013-11-22

Keywords: fatigue, Epidemiology, Nurses, chronic fatigue syndrome,

Abstract :

The present project studied epidemiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in Boshehr nurses. These nurses were employed at educational hos- pitals under the auspices of Boshehr Universities of Medical Sciences. The project’s subjects were 406 nurses all of them selected through census sampling from the city of Boshehr and all participants were selected by census method. To collect data, the followings were used: General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Chalder of Fatigue Scale (COFS), Krupp Fatigue Severity Scale (KFSS), Whitely Index (WI), and clinical interviews. This evaluation showed that the prevalence of CFS was 17.5% in all nurses under study. The results showed levels of fatigue in 355 nurses was normal and in 51 of nurses was highly. According to the results of the high prevalence of chronic fatigue in nurses in Bushehr in comparison with other studies in this area and the importance of the treatment and prevention of this disorder is very impressive