Stress in nursing graduates and healthcare assistants in surgical areas of hospital
Abstract
Objectives: To analyse the stress level in Nursing Graduates and Healthcare Assistants in surgical areas of the Public Hospitals in Gran Canaria.
Material and Methods: Quantitative, descriptive/observational study of cross-sectional prevalence in 143 subjects (Nursing Degree and Healthcare Assistant, henceforth (H.C.A.), in the University Hospital of Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, henceforth U.H.G.C. Dr. Negrín and Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil de Canarias(Children and maternity care hospital of the Canary Islands), henceforth the C.H.U. Insular-Materno Infantil de Canarias, in the surgery services/operating rooms, Trauma Resuscitation Unit (TRU) , Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (P.A.C.U.), and Major Outpatient Surgery (M.O.S.), from 2016 to 2019. By means of an anonymous and voluntary self-completion survey based on the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) from Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., and Mermelstein, R. It was distributed in 14 items, a questionnaire of 19 demographic and socio-labour items was also carried out, applying a cross-sectional design of dependent and independent variables.
Results: They show a stress level with a median of 22%. The mean is 21.79, the standard deviation is 7.26, the 25th percentile results in 17%, the 50th percentile is 22% and the 75th percentile is 39%. Total reliability is 0.86 using Cronbach's Alpha.
Conclusions: H.C.A. workers and Nursing Graduates from the aforementioned units show a moderate level of stress, but institutions should intervene to minimize it as much as possible.
Downloads
References
Organización Mundial de Salud, 1984.
Lazarus, R. y Folkman, S. Stress, appraisal and coping. New York: Springer. Publishing Company, 1984.
Holmes, T and Rahe, R. The social readjustment rating scale. J. Psychosom. Res, 1967; 1 1, 213-218.
Chorot, P. y Sandín, B. Life event and stress reactivity as predictors of cancer, coronary heart disease and anxiety disorders. International Journal of Psychosomatics, 1994; 41:34-40.
Pelechano, V., Matud, M.P. y de Miguel, A. Habilidades de afrontamiento en enfermos físicos crónicos, Análisis y Modificación de Conducta, 1993; 19, pp.91-149.
Anieƫei, M., Stoica, I. & Samsonescu, M. Particularities of personality traits and perceived stress at workplace. For the young workers in Romania, 2013; 84, 1010-1014.
Cervantes, V.H. Interpretaciones del coeficiente alpha de Cronbach. Avances en Medición, 2005; 3, 9-28.
Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1983; 24, 385-396.
Benavides, F.G., Merino-Salazar, P., Cornelio, C., Vices, A. Cuestionario básico y criterios metodológicos para las Encuestas sobre Condiciones de Trabajo, Empleo y Salud en América Latina y el Caribe. Cad. Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, 2016; vol. 32 Nº 9. En:
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102311X2016000904004
Martín MC, Santiago I, Rodríguez F, Moreno MT, Andrés P, Casadevall A, et al. Estrés relacionado con el trabajo y exposición laboral en enfermeras de la Comunidad de Castilla y León. Enferm Clin., 2006; 16:119-26.
Grau A, Suñer R, García MM. Desgaste profesional en el personal sanitario y su relación con los factores personales y ambientales. Gac Sanit., 2005; 19:463-70.
Llorca Rubio, J.L. Tesis doctoral: Evaluación del Estrés Laboral, y sus Consecuencias en Trabajadores del sector sanitario, una perspectiva de género. Universidad de Valencia, 2017.
Cabana Salazar, J.A., García Ceballos, E., García Garcia, G.,Dávila Ramírez, R. El síndrome de Burnout en el personal de una unidad quirúrgica. Revista Médica Electrónica, 2009; V.31, N.3.
En: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S168418242009000300004
Pablos González, M. del M. Tesis doctoral: Estudio de satisfacción laboral y Estrategias de Cambio de las Enfermeras en los Hospitales Públicos de Badajoz y Cáceres. Universidad de Extremadura, 2016.
Díaz Oviedo, Aracely. Adaptación y estrés laboral en el persona de las unidades médico-quirúrgicas. Revista iberoamericana de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas. 2013; Issn-e 2395-7972, vol.2, nº3. Pág 30-43. En: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5056006
Lee JSY, Akhtar S. Effects of the workplace social context and job content nurse burnout. Human Resource Management, 2011; 50(2):227-245.
Martín García, M., Centeno Cortés, C., Sanz-Rubiales, A., Del Valle, M.L. Estudio sobre el Síndrome de Burnout en Profesionales de Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos del País Vasco. Rev.Med. Universidad de Navarra, 2009; 53 (1):3-8.
Gómez Cantora. C. Tesis doctoral: Determinantes del Estrés Laboral Asistencial de Personal de Enfermería con enfermos Gerontológicos Terminales. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 2013.
Arrogante, O. Estrategias de afrontamiento al estrés laboral en Enfermería. Metas de Enfermería, 2016; nº 10 volumen 19. En: https://www.enfermeria21.com/revistas/metas/articulo/81011/
Barth, P., Souza, F.R., Devos, E.L., de Lima, G., Ghizoni, D. Validation of a moral distress instrument in nurses of primary health care. Rev. Latino-A., Enfermagem, 2008; vol. 26. En: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S010411692018000100320&lang=es
Irazabal, E.M. y Leano, C.E. Factores laborales estresantes en el profesional de Enfermería y su influencia en la percepción de calidad de atención a los pacientes del servicio de hospitalización General IESS Quito Sur, Quito. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, 2009. En: http://www.dspace.uce.edu.ec/bitstream/25000/18518/1/T-UCE-0014-ME072.pdf
Cabañas, I. y Delgado, J. Tesis: Estresores laborales y percepción de autoeficacia del cuidado humanizado en enfermeras(os), servicios de emergencia, Hospital III Yanahuara ESSALUD, 2017; En: http://repositorio.unsa.edu.pe/bitstream/handle/UNSA/4376/ENScaesid.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
López Montesinos, M.J. Tesis doctoral: Consecuencias Psicosociales del trabajo en personal de Enfermería como indicadores de los Recursos Humanos. Universidad de Murcia, 2009.
The works published in this magazine are subject to the following terms:
1. The Publications Service of the University of Murcia (the publisher) preserves the copyright of the published works, and encourages and allows the reuse of the works under the license for use stated in point 2.
© Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Murcia, 2011 (© Publications Service, University of Murcia, 2011)
2. The works are published in the electronic edition of the journal under Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 3.0 España(texto legal) “ a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Spain license (legal text)”. They can be copied, used, broadcasted, transmitted and publicly displayed, provided that: i) the authorship and original source of their publication (journal, publisher and URL) are cited; (ii) are not used for commercial purposes; iii) the existence and specifications of this license is mentioned.
3. Conditions of self-archiving. Authors are allowed and encouraged to electronically disseminate the pre-print (pre-reviewed ) and / or post-print (reviewed and accepted for publication) versions of their works prior to publication, as it ensures a wider circulation and dissemination which may lead to a possible increase in its mention and a higher scope among the academic community. RoMEO color: green.
