The Effects of Social Support, Organizational Support, and Resilience on the Physical and Mental Symptoms of the Nurses' Anxiety

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Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

10.30476/jhmi.2025.104880.1253

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Introduction: Since nurses have direct contact with patients, they often experience anxiety during their work, and efforts should be made to reduce this anxiety. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of social support, organizational support, and resilience on the physical and mental symptoms of nurses’ anxiety in Hajar Hospital of Shahrekord during 2021-2022.
Methods: The current study method is practical regarding purpose and a descriptive survey in data collection. The statistical population of 330 nurses of Hajar Hospital of Shahrekord determined the sample size by Cochran’s formula (178 people) and available methods. The data were collected through standard questionnaires, including a resilience questionnaire by Connor and Davidson (2003), a social support questionnaire by Vaux et al. (1986), an organizational support questionnaire by Akgunduz et al. (2018), and an anxiety questionnaire by Alipour et al. (2020). The analysis method used in this research was the structural equation modeling technique with SmartPLS4 software.
Results: The findings of the research showed that organizational support has a negative and significant effect on mental and physical symptoms of anxiety among nurses. Also, nurses’ resilience has a negative and significant effect on mental and physical symptoms of anxiety among nurses. Also, social support has a negative and significant effect on mental and physical symptoms of anxiety among nurses.
Conclusion: Constant exposure to anxiety has negative consequences on the physical and mental health of nurses and should reduce nurses’ anxiety by taking practices such as increasing nurses’ resilience, organizational support, and social support.

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Health Management & Information Science
Volume 12, Issue 1
January 2025
Pages 10-19

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