A Review of the Effectiveness of Facing the Scientific Indicators of Depression Reduction among the Nurses Working in the Hospitals of Bandar Abbas

This research was carried out with the aim of studying the effectiveness of facing the scientific indicators of happiness on reducing depression in nurses working at Bandar Abbas hospitals. The study is a quasi-experimental research conducted based on pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population of research consisted of 60 individuals (30 in experimental group and 30 in witness group) who were randomly selected by reduplication method. In order to conduct the research Beck depression inventory was administered as pretest to evaluate the extent of depression. In order to study the research hypotheses, 60 nurses scoring high on depression were randomly selected and placed in control and experimental groups. In the next stage, the questionnaires related to three scientific indicators of happiness, namely forgiveness, gratitude, and kindness were administered in experimental and control groups to assess these three indicators in both groups. In the fourth step, the experimental group received 2-hour training for 7 sessions on the three scientific indicators of happiness, i.e. forgiveness, gratitude, and kindness. Three sessions of free discussion were held in control group. The posttest of depression, forgiveness, gratitude and kindness was administered for both groups upon completion of training sessions. The analysis of mean differences using mean and covariance of pretest and posttest scores showed that giving unconscious visual and aural auditory stimuli to the subjects had no significant influence on reducing depression in the short term. Training on unconditional forgiveness, gratitude, and kindness had a significant influence on reducing depression in nurses (p=0.001).