Kudo Y, Toyoda T, Sugimoto N, Tsutsumi A. Predictors associated with the mental health of Japanese male registered nurses: focusing on environments with many female registered nurses and female patients' refusal to accept nursing services from male registered nurses.
J Rural Med 2021;
16:191-199. [PMID:
34707727 PMCID:
PMC8527617 DOI:
10.2185/jrm.2020-051]
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Abstract
Objective: To study the improvement of the mental health of Japanese male
registered nurses, we investigated the predictors associated with the Japanese version of
the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). For those predictors, we focused on
environments with many female registered nurses and female patients’ refusal to accept
nursing services from male registered nurses.
Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in 93 hospitals in the
Aichi, Gifu, and Mie prefectures of Japan. The analyzed subjects were 1,216 full-time male
registered nurses. The average age (standard deviation) was 34.5 (9.2) years. Multiple
logistic regression analysis was conducted. A GHQ-12 score of ≤3 indicated good mental
health, and a score of ≥4 indicated poor mental health. “Mental health” was a dependent
variable. The independent variables were: “Age”, “Male registered nurses as important
partners on the job”, “Female registered nurses’ good manners toward male registered
nurses”, “Fairness regarding male registered nurses’ promotions”, and “Female patients’
refusal to accept nursing services from male registered nurses”.
Results: There were 728 (59.9%) full-time male registered nurses with good
mental health and 488 (40.1%) with poor mental health. The mental health of the male
registered nurses who had negative feelings regarding, “Male registered nurses as
important partners on the job” was significantly worse, and that of those who had negative
feelings regarding, “Female registered nurses’ good manners toward male registered nurses”
was also significantly worse.
Conclusion: Female registered nurses must recognize that their attitudes
toward male registered nurses influence the mental health of male registered nurses.
Hospital managers should provide male registered nurses who cannot establish appropriate
relations with female registered nurses with consultation opportunities. Such
organizational action by managers is necessary.
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