The emotional intelligence among Operating room staff in Ali ebn-e-abitaleb hospital of Zahedan 2016

Mahboobeh Doostkami, Maryam Sarbishegi

Anatomy Department, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

ABSTRACT

Nursing is an important profession. In this profession intrapersonal communications are really important. Emotional intelligence is a factor that seems necessary for all healthcare staff. This study aimed to investigate the emotional intelligence among Operating room staff in Ali ebn-e-abitaleb hospital of Zahedan 2016. All 48 operating room staff were picked as respondents for this study. The Bradbury-Graves emotional intelligence questionnaire was used for data collection. After that data were analyzed through SPSS v.19 by descriptive statistics, Pearsons correlation and T test. The results of this study had shown that the mean of age was 30.12 ± 5.56. 37 (77.1 %) female and 11 (22.9 %) male respondents took part in this study. 34 (70.8 %) respondents were married and 14 (29.2 %) were single. The mean score of emotional intelligence was 108.66± 12.04 which means a high emotional intelligence. The mean score of Self-awareness was 24.83 ± 3.74 for Self-regulation it was 23.35 ± 4.1 for Social skills it was 19.97 ± 3.14 and for Relationship management it was 31.52 ± 5.38. There wasn’t any significant relationship between age, sex and marriage status with mean score of emotional intelligence and its dimensions (P>0.05).The results of this study had shown that the emotional intelligence was in a good level among respondents. But for further progresses it is suggested to hold classes for teaching emotional intelligence to the staff.

Keywords: Emotional intelligence, Bradbury, Operating room