Determinants of job stress for married nurses working in clinical-educational hospitals in Qazvin

Abstract

Background: Job stress is a major factor in the creation burn out, reduction patient satisfaction, leave the nursing profession. Nurses job stress can have a major effect on the quality of patient care. Objective: This study was performed with the aim of investigation the job stress and determining factors among nurses. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted stratified random sampling method on 123 nurses. The instruments includes demographic information and nurse job stress questionnaire that had seven domains (patient's suffering and death, conflict with physicians, lack of adequate preparation, lack of supportive resources, conflicts with other nurses, working pressure and uncertainty of treatment). Analysis methods of descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson, t-test, chi-square, Tukey, Kruskal Wallis test, Anova, linear regression) was performed. Findings: The majority had moderate stress 84 persons (68.3%) and 26 persons (21.1%) low stress, 13 persons (10.6%) a lot of stress. Nurses with Bachelor and higher education (P=0.045), the employment contract (P=0.042) had higher levels of stress and who with at least one child had lower levels of stress that was statistically significant (P=0.02). Work pressure and conflict with physicians were the most and least important factors respectively. Conclusion: Workshop in the relation to the management and control of stress depending on the amount of stress, work pressure, can reduce job stress by the nurse's educational needs assessment.

Keywords

• Job stress
• Workload
• Nurses