Occupational Stress among Emergency Department (ED) Staff and the Need for Investment in Health Care; a View from Pakistan

Ansari, Zairah Muqaddas; Hafsa, Yasin; Zehra, Nosheen; Faisal, Asima

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“…On the other hand, research studies on hospital emergency departments are more numerous. Some studies were performed only on emergency nurses [ 28 ], and others on several professional categories [ 15 ], and the general results indicated the presence of medium-high stress levels. We believe that the differences between in-hospital and out-of-hospital emergency department stress levels could be due to the difference in working hours and poor sleep quality of these workers [ 29 ].…”

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“…The prevalence of stress in emergency department professionals is high [ 15 ]. After taking stock of the above, the importance of having user-friendly tools to discover the level of stress of these workers becomes clear, as the results could be used to promote strategies to improve their work performance and quality of life and reduce errors in their practice due to lack of attention.…”

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Stress in Emergency Healthcare Professionals: The Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale

García-Tudela

Simonelli‐Muñoz

Rivera‐Caravaca

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Background: Healthcare workers are continuously exposed to a high level of stress, especially emergency department professionals. In the present research, we aimed to determine the internal consistency and validity of the Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale for in-hospital and out-of-hospital emergency workers. Methods: A quantitative, prospective, cross-sectional, and observational study including 269 emergency service professionals. Results: The scale was composed of 21 items, with a Cronbach’s α value of 0.908. The hospital workers (38.4 ± 10.8 vs. 35.1 ± 9.9, p = 0.014) and women (39.3 ± 11.4 vs. 34.2 ± 8.6, p < 0.001) had higher levels of stress. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the scale were adequate. Conclusion: In the present study, including in-hospital and out-of-hospital emergency workers, the Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale presented appropriate usefulness, internal consistency, and validity, with optimal predictive ability. Higher levels of anxiety, female gender, being less optimistic, and working in hospital emergency departments were related to increased stress levels. Further studies are warranted to validate our results and potentially extend the Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale to other contexts.

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Stress in Emergency Healthcare Professionals: The Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale

García-Tudela

Simonelli‐Muñoz

Rivera‐Caravaca

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“…Located in southeast Pakistan, the province of Sindh has numerous health‐care challenges, and its medical personnel must contend with excessive workloads and stress (Ansari, Yasin, Zehra, & Faisal, ). The number of registered nurses in the cities of Karachi, Hyderabad, and Jamshoro in that district total only 757 (Sindh Bureau of Statistics, ).…”

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Job satisfaction among nurses in Pakistan: The impact of incivility and informal climate

Samad¹,

Memon²,

Kumar³

2020

Glob Bus Org Exc

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Nurses working in private and public sector hospitals and other health-care facilities around the world play a critical role in ensuring patient safety and quality of service. Therefore, it is essential to understand the challenges they face on the job that may contribute to dissatisfaction and hamper performance. A study of 129 registered nurses in Pakistan investigated the impact of workplace incivility on job satisfaction and found that a climate of informality significantly buffered the negative effect of workplace incivility on job satisfaction among nurses. Working with these findings, health-care managers can make the case for policies to foster an informal and supportive working climate that will not only contribute to employees' job satisfaction, but also improve the quality of the service they deliver to their patients.

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“…ED staff encounter a different range of occupational stressors such as long working hours, workload, lack of rest, lack of resources, patient load, lack of teamwork, and critical decision making that contribute to the occupational stress of ED staff 4 , 5 , and personal stressors like the sudden death of patients, traumas, and participating in resuscitation affect their emotional and physical well-being 6 . Long working hours, unanticipated situations, and shifting sleep patterns were typically linked to the risks of stress, depression, and anxiety that ED staff members had to deal with 7 .…”

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Revealing the relation between job satisfaction and workload: a cross-sectional study in the emergency department

Batarfi

Bakhsh

Alghamdi

et al. 2023

Annals of Medicine &Amp; Surgery

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Background: Job satisfaction is recognized as an essential parameter that affects the performance and quality of medical services provided by emergency department (ED) health professionals. However, little is known about the status of job satisfaction related to workload among ED staff in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to explore the current level of job satisfaction and to analyze the relationship between job satisfaction and the personal and professional characteristics of ED staff. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted among ED staff, including various job positions, to assess job satisfaction. An online questionnaire was sent electronically to all ED staff. The structured online questionnaire collected information on sociodemographic factors, workload-related factors, and job satisfaction. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 26. Results: The questionnaire used to assess job satisfaction levels demonstrated high internal consistency and reliability using Cronbach’s α (0.85). Completed responses were obtained from 103 ED staff members; 58.25% were males, and most of the participants in the survey were either nurse (48.54%) or physicians (28.16%). Most of the respondents (61.16%) had a satisfaction score that was higher than half of the possible attainable score and showed a high level of satisfaction, although 38.84% fell below half of the possible attainable score on the satisfaction parameter and showed a lower level of satisfaction. Conclusion: It may be concluded that ED staff have a higher level of job satisfaction related to workload factors. The level of satisfaction did not change for different age groups, genders, levels of education, levels of experience, or jobs.

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Occupational Stress among Emergency Department (ED) Staff and the Need for Investment in Health Care; a View from Pakistan

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Stress in Emergency Healthcare Professionals: The Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale

Stress in Emergency Healthcare Professionals: The Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale

Job satisfaction among nurses in Pakistan: The impact of incivility and informal climate

Revealing the relation between job satisfaction and workload: a cross-sectional study in the emergency department

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