Occupational stress and coping strategies among nursing professionals in hospital environment
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Abstract
The study aimed to analyze the occupational stress and coping strategies used by technicians and nursing assistants of a university hospital as well as its association with sociodemographic variables.Method: This is a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 310 technicians and nursing assistants. It was intended for evaluation of occupational stress and coping strategies applied to Job Stress Scale and the Scale Mode Confronting problems. The sample was mostly composed of women, with a mean age of 47.1 years, married or with a partner, who were nursing assistants, with only one employment and who had withdrawal the previous year. Of them, 17.1% of the sample was highly exposed to occupational stress.
Results: The strategies focused on the problem proved to be protective with respect to stress.
Conclusion: This way of dealing with stressors in the hospital can be optimally worked among professionals.
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