WORKLOAD-RELATED STRESS IN NURSES IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Authors

  • Taciana Mirella Batista dos Santos
  • Iracema da Silva Frazão
  • Delmilena Maria Aquino Ferreira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v16i1.21115

Keywords:

Burnout, professional, Work, Nursing.

Abstract

A comparative study that investigates stress among nurses and the factors related to it. The research population was 44 nurses working in hospital units. The socio-economic and professional data and the factors regarded as the sources of stress were presented using a Likert Scale. They were collected using a self-reporting tool and analyzed with the help of the statistical program Epi-Info 2004 version 3.2 and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences for Windows. The results were grouped in five categories: job conflict, staff management, overwork, critical situations and interpersonal relationships. The nurses working in the open sector presented the highest stress levels, overwork being the principal factor related with this. Awareness and discussion of stress factors can contribute to the improvement of nursing professionals’ working conditions, quality of life and professional performance.

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Published

2011-03-30

How to Cite

Batista dos Santos, T. M., da Silva Frazão, I., & Ferreira, D. M. A. (2011). WORKLOAD-RELATED STRESS IN NURSES IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. Cogitare Enfermagem, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v16i1.21115

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Research

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