Arka Publishing Company Canon Journal of Medicine 2676-5446 4 2 2023 03 28 Work stressors and Mental health among nurses – A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) 31 36 169705 10.30477/cjm.2022.376335.1055 EN Sakineh Rakhshanderou School Of Public Health &amp;amp; Safety Shahid Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences Tehran - Iran 0000-0001-6373-2303 Saba Ilkhani MPH Student, Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, School of Public Health and safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0003-1233-1141 Mohtasham Ghaffari Professor of Health Education & Health Promotion, Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, School of Public Health and safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0003-1756-5297 Hossein Hatami School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-1448-3598 Journal Article 2022 12 11 <strong>Introduction: </strong>Nursing is one of the most stressful professions worldwide. Job stressors can have a substantial impact on the mental health of nurses. This study aimed to assess how much workplace stressors can predict each component of this population's mmental health<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> 419 nurses from eight tertiary hospitals in Tehran were enrolled for this observational survey, and data was collected from a three-part questionnaire including the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale - 21 Items (DASS-21, Extended Nursing Stress Scale (ENSS), and demographic questions. Multivariate regression and factor analysis were performed to build a Structural equation modeling between variables<br /><strong>Results:</strong> The Correlation between Stress, anxiety, depression, and work stressor were significant (p-value=0.01). Based on the SEM model, for each component of DASS (Stress, anxiety, depression), seven items in the questionnaire were significant and internally consistent(p-value:0.05). In the ENSS questionnaire, all nine subscales significantly predicted the total nursing stress score.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Females, single, and nurses with more than six years of experience scored higher on the work stress scale. The workload is the most significant stressor in depression and, as a result, poor mental health. https://www.canonjm.com/article_169705_313701b540df992682dccc8f70dc12a0.pdf