Serpil Ceylan HOCA, Kadriye Senturk PEHLIVAN
The Medical Bulletin of Haseki - 2026;64(3):205-212
Aim: Hospital security staff encounter specific occupational stressors, such as irregular work hours, exposure to violence, and crises, but research on their mental health remains limited. This study aimed to examine the association between psychological symptom severity and sleep quality, job satisfaction, work schedule, and psychiatric history among hospital security personnel. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed with 115 hospital security personnel from May 1, 2025, to July 1, 2025. All security workers completed structured questionnaires. The assessment tools included the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R). Participants' sociodemographic data were recorded. Spearman correlation analysis was used to examine associations between continuous variables. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to determine variables that were independently associated with SCL-90-R scores. Results: Significant differences in psychological symptoms were not found across demographic groups, work schedules, or psychiatric history. Correlation analysis revealed a significant negative association between job satisfaction and psychological distress (r=-0.253, p=0.006). Multiple linear regression analysis demonstrated that job satisfaction was independently associated with SCL-90-R scores (B=-0.004, 95% confidence interval: -0.007 to -0.001, p=0.031), whereas sleep quality (p=0.310), age (p=0.299), gender (p=0.130), and work schedule (p=0.965) showed no statistically significant association. Sleep quality, age, gender, work schedule, and other variables showed no significant predictive value. Conclusion: Job satisfaction was the only variable independently associated with psychological well-being among hospital security personnel, independent of traditional occupational stressors such as shift work and sleep quality. These findings suggest that organizational interventions targeting job satisfaction may be associated with improved mental health outcomes in this population.
