Perceived stress among nurses working in tertiary care hospital: A cross-sectional study
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Nursing profession involves spending a great deal of mental, emotional and physical energy on caring for others. This study was done to assess perceived stress among nurses working in tertiary care hospital. The objective of this study was to study perceived stress among nurses working in tertiary care hospital. Methods: A cross sectional study was done on nursing staff of a government -medical college. 178 participants were included by systematic random sampling method. Perceived stress scale (PSS 10) questionnaire was used to assess stress scores. MS Excel sheet and SPSS were used for data entering and statistical analysis. Results: The mean PSS score was 20.01 (+ 4.45 SD). 12 (6.7%) were under low stress, 152 (85.4%) were under moderate stress and 14 (7.9%) were under severe stress. Conclusion: This study identified that doctors and nurses do face considerable amount of stress at workplace. Appropriate coping strategies must be adopted by them to cope up with this stress.
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Pradeep Bodke, Vishal Dhande
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- EP ID EP407466
- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.5.3.2018.362-366
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