Abstract

Introduction & Objective: Mental health is considered as one of the most important health and health standards of a society and will result in a lot of problems for the deprivation of this divine gift of human beings. Depression is a disorder that has a long history in human life and has always been involved with human history. Therefore, with regard to the content and the importance of depression, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between depression and work experience in hospital nurses. Training was conducted in Sistan district. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study. In this study, 253 nurses from educational hospitals in the north of Sistan and Balouchestan province of Iran (Sistan region) who had inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to the study. Demographic information and Beck Depression Inventory were completed by samples and then the data were analyzed by SPSS version 24 software. Results: Demographic data analysis indicated that the mean and standard deviation of the age of the participants in the study was 59.59 ± 5.28. Mean average and standard deviation of work experience was 6.4 ± 4.8 years. The mean and standard deviation of depression scores in nurses participating in the study was 9.45 ± 9.54. Data analysis using Spearman's correlation coefficient indicated that there was a direct and positive relationship between work experience and depression levels, but this relationship was not statistically significant (p-value> 0.05). Discussion and Conclusion: The results of the study showed that there is a positive and direct relation between depression and work experience, which is statistically meaningless. Considering that nurses play an important role in improving the health of people in society, eliminating the underlying factors of depression is considered as a health priority. Therefore, it is suggested that management measures, social support, improvement of working conditions to reduce depression in this community should be used.