The influence of family function, work engagement, and sleep on the mental health of nurses in china's top three hospitals: a cross- sectional study

Objective: This paper aims to explore the influence of family function, work engagement, and sleep on the mental health of nurses in China's top three hospitals. Methods: The convenience sampling method was adopted to select 1147 clinical nurses from Taihe Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, during the period of August September 2018 as the survey subjects. Correlation analysis was performed to explore the relationship between clinical nurses' mental health and family function, work engagement, and sleep quality. Results: The result demonstrated that the main influencing factors of clinical nurses' mental health include the length and emotional degree of family function, sleep quality, and the vitality dimension in work engagement. Conclusion: The clinical nurses have good family function, sleep quality, and mental health status, and the level of work engagement is average. Besides, work engagement is closely related to mental health. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 24 (10) September, 2023; 1-7.