Differences in Heart Rate and Galvanic Skin Response among Nurses Working in Critical and Non-critical Care Units
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research - Year 2018, Vol 12, Issue 11
Abstract
ABSTRACT Introduction: Health care environment usually remains stressful for health care professionals which may have impact on their psycho-physiological health. Aim: This study was conducted to find the differences in Heart Rate (HR) and Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) among critical and non-critical care unit nurses. Materials and Methods: A comparative study was conducted to find the differences in HR and GSR value of nurses posted in critical and non-critical units. Critical and non-critical care units were classified using patient’s acuity category classification. A total of 100 nurses, 50 from critical and 50 from non-critical care units were selected by simple random sampling technique. HR and GSR were recorded on a digital polygraph (Medicaid systems). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. Results: The mean heart rate (beats per minute) and GSR (Amp ~ K) score of nurses working in critical care units (88.32±9.63 and 916.9±473.4) was higher than the nurses working in non-critical units (83.56±5.82 and 687.8±270.0). The difference in the scores of critical care unit nurses were significantly higher than the non-critical unit nurses (p<0.001). Conclusion: Present study revealed that work environment has great role in the physiological health of nurses.
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Rakesh Sharma, Deepak Goel, Malini Srivastav, Renu Dhasmana
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- DOI 10.7860/JCDR/2018/35602.12244
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