anxiety disorder of 3-6 year-old children

Context: anxiety is the most common disorder in childhood. several factors may play a role in anxiety, suchas child’s emotional and social behavior and mother employment.aims: the present study aims to evaluate the anxiety disorders of 3–6‑year‑old children of nurses workingin the educational hospitals in the city of qazvin.settings and design: this cross‑sectional study was performed in september 2018.materials and methods: this is a descriptive‑analytical study. spence anxiety scale for preschool children wasused to collect data. in this self‑report instrument, parents are asked to rate the frequency of child behavioron a 5‑point likert scale from never (0) to ever (4). the children with a score above 34 were rated as havinganxiety disorder. one hundred and fifty‑five nurses were willing to participate in the study. inclusion criteriafor children were 3–6 years of age, for nurses were being employed in educational hospitals of qazvinuniversity of medical sciences and the exclusion criteria of this study moving from qazvin to another city.statistical analysis used: data were analyzed using spss version 20 ( spss inc., chicago, il, usa), univariateand multivariate regression coefficients. p < 0.05 were considered as significant levels.results: the results showed that 32.9% of children of the nurses had anxiety disorder and there was asignificant positive relationship between child gender (p = 0.008), child care during hospital shifts (p = 0.013)and anxiety among in these children. furthermore, the prevalence of anxiety disorder in girls and child careby other family members were associated with the anxiety.conclusions: nurses are exposed to work‑family conflicts due to their occupational conditions, whichplay an important role in children’s anxiety and it declares the need to pay more attention to this largesegment of society. to generalize the results, it is suggested that this study be conducted on the statisticalpopulation of other regions of the country.