Investigation of Perceptions of Nurses Working in Surgical Units on Crab Basket Syndrome: A Descriptive Study

Abstract Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the perceptions of crab basket syndrome among nurses working in surgical units. Method: The descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 206 nurses actively working in the surgical units of four hospitals in the Mediterranean region between January 24 2023-June 24 2024. The research data were collected face to face with the "Introductory Information Form and Crab Basket Syndrome Scale." Descriptive statistics, Independent Sample Student t test and Kruskal Wallis-H tests were used in the evaluation of the data. Results: The mean age of the nurses was 36.51±8.51 years. Of the nurses who participated in the study, 81% were female, 65.7% were married, 43.8% were undergraduated degree, and 28.6% had 1-5 years of professional experience. This study found that the behavioural sub-dimension score of the nurses who were dissatisfied with the institution they worked in and who did not trust the nurse in charge of the service they worked in was higher and more significant than the other groups (p