The Relationship Between General Health, Occupational Stress and Job Burnout in Nurses Working Shohadaye Kargar Hospital of Yazd

Abstract

Aim of this study is to determine levels of general health, occupational stress and burnout in nurses who are working in Shohadaye Kargar Hospital of Yazd. A cross- sectional study was conducted among nurses who are working in Shohadaye Kargar Hospital of Yazd in 2017-2018 years. The sample was randomly selected and total 200 nurses were enrolled to the study. The study instruments included Occupational stress questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory and General Health Questionnaire. Collected Data were analyzed by using descriptive test and Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression in SPSS. The findings of research indicated that total levels of occupational stress were high among 58.85 % of nurses. Regarding burnout, 35.93% of nurses had reported high levels of burnout. Less than one percent (0.37 %) of nurses have high mental health problems and 0.44 percent reported mid mental health problem. There was a statistically significant correlation between occupational stress with mental health (p<.001) and job burnout with mental health (p<.001). Occupational stress and job burnout may have undesired influences on nursing mental health and general function.

Perceived Occupational Stressors and the General Health of Critical Care Nurses During COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Participants in this study had high occupational stress scores. This outcome is consistent with the findings of various studies conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic (Fatemeh et al, 2020; Hummel et al, 2021; Said & El-Shafei, 2021). These outcomes could be due to the stressors imposed on nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic including the high workload, insufficient knowledge about the pathogen, direct contact with infected patients, and discomfort from prolonged wearing of personal protective equipment (Amro et al, 2022; Hummel et al, 2021; Zhang et al, 2020; Zhou et al, 2020).…”

“…The current study found a significant positive correlation between general health and occupational stress. This finding is congruent with a previous study which concluded that reducing occupational stress could improve the mental health of nurses (Fatemeh et al, 2020; Ta’an et al, 2020). Also, it is congruent with the study of Jordan et al (2016) which found that nurses with high stress had poor health outcomes and high health risk behaviors.…”

“…Furthermore, in a study conducted in Turkey by Fatemeh et al (2020) to assess the general health of nurses, 58.5% of nurses had high work-related stress, 69% had job stress related to workload, 78.35% had job stress related to work responsibility, and 62.7% had job stress related to the physical environment. Concerning the nurses’ general health status, 37.58% of them reported a high level of general health problems, 68.6% had physical symptoms on the average level, whereas nurses reported high levels of anxiety (64.5%), decreased social function (22%), and depression (40%) (Fatemeh et al, 2020). There is a lack of studies about the general health of critical care nurses in the Arab world, especially in Jordan.…”