Job-Related Stress among Nurses Working at Psychiatric and General Hospitals: A Comparative Study
Sajad Abood Salman Al-Jiboury, Saja Hashim MohammedAbstract
Background:
Stress is defined as “a particular relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised by the person as taxing or exceeding his or her resources and endangering his or her well-being.” The term “stress” is commonly used to refer to the mental state that occurs as a result of being exposed to, or at risk of being exposed to, either overt physical hazards in the workplace or covert psycho-social risks which are connected with the experience of stress are generally referred to as “stressors.”
Objective:
To study the relationship between job stress and demographic factors of nurses.
Materials and Methods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out through period from December 2022 to March 2023. The purpose of this study is to assess job-related stress among nurses working at psychiatric and general hospitals and compare the job-related stress level of nurses working at psychiatric hospitals with those working at general hospitals. Non-probability (purposive) sample of 110 psychiatric nurses have been chosen from Al-Rashaad psychiatric hospital and 163 general nurses have been chosen from Al-Imam Al-Sadeq hospital.
Results:
The finding of the study indicates that most psychiatric nurses (62.7%) experienced moderate levels of job stress and (50.3%) of general nurses’ experience low levels of job stress. The research also concludes that psychiatric nurses suffer from job stress more than general nurses. The study found a highly statistically significant relationship between job stress and age. The study shows a statistically significant relationship between job stress with marital status and years of experience.
Conclusion:
There is a significant difference in level of job-related stress between nurses working at psychiatric hospitals with those working at general hospital. The psychiatric nurses are found to be suffering from job stress more than general nurses.