OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to explore the difference in stress levels among nurses working at two different health care organizations and the determinants of nurse stress within each organization. Job stress is defined as the harmful emotional and physical reactions resulting from the interactions between the worker and her/his work environment where the demands of the job exceed ...

PURPOSE This study investigated job stress and coping of ICU Nurses. METHOD Data was accumulated from 206 ICU nurses serving at least more than one year in 500 bed order hospitals during the period of three months from June 1, to August 30, 2006. RESULTS The average job stress was 2.96 +/- .95 points, which was relatively high. The average coping was 2.55 +/- .23 points. CONCLUSION The ex...

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between psychosocial job stress (by the Job Control-Demand (JCD) model and Effort-Reward imbalance (ERI) model) and musculoskeletal (MS) symptoms among workers in China. Overall, 3,632 male and 1,706 female workers from 13 factories/companies participated in this study. Perceived job stress was evaluated by the Chinese version of the Job ...

Considering the significant role of nurses in health care and the Background: importance of commitment in public health, the aim of this study was to examine the association between work-related stress, and job satisfaction and commitment among nurses. This cross-sectional study has been performed among 100 nurses Methods: working in a teaching hospital affiliated to Mazandaran University of Me...

Many studies on the impact of psychosocial working conditions on health prove that psychosocial stress at work is an important risk factor endangering workers' health. Thus it should be constantly monitored like other work hazards. The paper presents a newly developed instrument for stress monitoring called the Psychosocial Working Conditions Questionnaire (PWC). Its structure is based on Rober...

BACKGROUND This study attempted to identify the sources of job stress according to job position and investigate how friendship networks affect job stress. METHODS Questionnaires based on The Health Professions Stress Inventory (HPSI) developed by Wolfgang experienced by healthcare providers were collected from 420 nurses, doctors and radiological technologists in two general hospitals in Kore...

[Purpose] This study investigated factors that affect the health of police officers by analyzing job stress, psychosocial stress, and fatigue faced by police officers in order to provide basic data for the efficient management of police officers and future comparative research. [Subjects and Methods] Police officers admitted to the National Police Hospital from March to May 2013 were surveyed t...

Impact of occupational stress on employee performance has been recognized as an important area of concern for organizations. Negative stress affects the physical and mental health of the employees that in turn affects their performance on job. Research into the relationship between stress and job performance has been neglected in the occupational stress literature (Jex, 1998). It is therefore s...