Occupational stress and its related demographic factors among Iranian CCU nurses: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMC research notes Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 634
• Main Authors: Faraji, Azam, Karimi, Mahtab, Azizi, Seyyed Mohsen, Janatolmakan, Maryam, Khatony, Alireza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 27.09.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Critical care; Critical care unit; Critical Illness - nursing; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Demographic aspects; Demographic factors; Female; Health aspects; Human resource management; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Iran; Job stress; Male; Nurse; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing research; Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology; Nursing Staff, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Occupational stress; Occupational Stress - psychology; Psychological aspects; Questionnaires; Research Note; Researchers; Risk factors; Sample size; Statistical analysis; Stress; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; Iran; Critical care unit; Occupational stress; Demographic factors; Nurse
• ISSN: 1756-0500; 1756-0500
• DOI: 10.1186/s13104-019-4674-5

Occupational stress can have an adverse effect on mental and physical health and performance of nurses. The aim of this study was to investigate the occupational stress of Iranian critical care unit (CCU) nurses and its related demographic factors. In this cross-sectional study, 155 CCU nurses were randomly selected. The Osipow Occupational Stress Questionnaire was used as data collection tool. The mean of nurses' occupational stress was 210.13 ± 40.87 out of 300, which was at the "moderate-to-high" level. The highest mean of occupational stress was related to the subscale of "Role Overload" (36.30 ± 6.98) and the lowest mean was related to the subscale of "Physical Environment" (33.58 ± 9.76). There was no statistically significant difference between the mean occupational stress and variables of sex, age, academic degree and working experience.