Anger Management Intervention on Nurses’ Knowledge, Coping Strategy and Self- Efficacy in Intensive Care Units

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Abstract---Background: Anger management helps nurses overcome the difficulties and stresses they face in their daily work, promotes functioning and adaptation above a certain level, and alleviates the effects of anger. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of anger management intervention on nurse’s knowledge, coping strategy and self-efficacy in intensive care unit. Subjects and Method: One-group pretest/posttest – follow-up research design was utilized. A quasi-experimental research design was utilized to accomplish the aim of the study. The study was carried out at Menoufia University Hospitals and Shebin Elkom teaching hospital which included surgical, medical departments (ICU) units. A convenient sample of 60 nurses were included. Study tools: A structured interviewing questionnaire, visual analogue scale, and coping strategy scale. Results: After intervention more than two thirds of the studied nurses (68.30%) have low level of total coping strategy at pre-intervention, while improved to become 78.30% have a high level of total coping strategy at post intervention and decreased to 66.70% at follow-up phase. About 11.7% have high level of total self-efficacy at pre-intervention, while it changed to 73.3%, 71.7% at post and follow up intervention respectively. There was a highly statistically significant positive linear correlation between nurses’ knowledge about anger management and selfefficacy and coping strategy. While there was negative correlation between anger score with self-efficacy and coping strategy. Conclusion: The anger management intervention was effective in enhancing knowledge score, decreasing nurses’ anger level, improving coping strategy and self-efficacy among intensive care unit nurses. Recommendation: Continuous training program about anger management among critical care nurses is crucial.