A study of job stress and burnout and related factors in the hospital personnel of Iran
Introduction: Job stress has become one of the main factors in reducing efficiency and the loss of human resources that may cause physical and psychological adverse effects in employees. Hospital personnel are facing different stressful events, such as birth, pain and death, in a single day. Hence...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Electronic Physician
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Electronic Physician |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5014501/ |
| Summary: | Introduction: Job stress has become one of the main factors in reducing efficiency and the loss of human
resources that may cause physical and psychological adverse effects in employees. Hospital personnel are facing
different stressful events, such as birth, pain and death, in a single day. Hence, identifying the job stress rates and
related factors may be effective in offering proper strategies. Therefore, the present research was done to study
the rate of job stress and burnout in hospital personnel and compare some of the related factors in hospitals
personnel of Yazd, Iran.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 306 hospital personnel (Male: 114, Female: 192) in Yazd
in 2015-16. The data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and
Hospital Stress (HSS-35). SPSS-16 software and Pearson-product moment correlation and independent-samples
t-test were used for data analysis.
Results: The mean job stress score was above average. The mean burnout dimensions that were above average
included emotional exhaustion (21.7 ± 7.27), depersonalization (9.61 ± 3.74) and personal accomplishment
(26.80 ± 6.17). While Pearson correlation revealed a significant positive relationship between job stress,
emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization, there was a negative relationship between job stress and personal
accomplishment (p < 0.01). Independent-samples t-test results showed that the rate of job stress, emotional
exhaustion, and depersonalization in males is higher than females, married people have more emotional
exhaustion than single ones, and, finally, health staff have more job stress than administrative staff. At the same
time, the administrative staff and females have better personal accomplishment than other groups (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Since the rate of job stress in hospital personnel is worrying and it has adverse effects on personnel
health, effective strategies on physical and mental health, such as employment support and stress management
training, seem crucial to enhance physical and psychological health of hospital personnel. |
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| ISSN: | 2008-5842 2008-5842 |