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Anemon - Journal of Social Sciences of Mus Alparslan University, vol.10, pp.449-458, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Abstract: The main purpose of the present study is to prioritize the risk factors affecting the nurses working at a
public educational research hospital located at the European Side of the province of Istanbul. By this means, it was
intended to provide concrete information to health executives on the subjects of motivating the employees,
affiliating them to the institution, and ensuring them in being more peaceful and happier at the workplace. In this
study, psychosocial risk factors, affecting the nurses working at an educational research hospital affiliated to
Ministry of Health, were prioritized by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) which is one of the Multi-Criteria
Decision Making (MCDM) Techniques. In the research, data collection tool was designed as Saaty’s 1-9 scale
conforming to the format of AHP. The collected data was analyzed by the researchers according to Analytic
Hierarchy Process (AHP) with the help of Microsoft Office Excel 2013 analysis. The study was conducted in 2019
and 25 nurses in total participated. According to the results of the study, the most significant psychosocial risk
factor affecting the nurses was found as Interpersonal Relations.
Keywords: Analytic Hierarchy Process, Psychosocial Risk Factors, Health Management