Sharma Neelam, Takkar Puneet, Purkayastha Abhishek, Jaiswal Pradeep, Taneja Sachin, Lohia Nishant, Augustine Anu Rani
Department of Radiation Oncology, Army Hospital Research and Referral, New Delhi, India.
Department of Surgical Oncology, MH Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs. 2018 Apr-Jun;5(2):237-243. doi: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_61_17.
This cross-sectional, quantitative epidemiological study was aimed at finding out the degree of work-related stress among the staff nurses working in oncology.
This study was conducted on 81 out of 100 oncology-trained nurses working in various oncology centers of Indian Army who consented to participate in it. It was carried out in five oncology centers of our organization where oncology-related facilities are available. Predesigned and pretested questionnaire covering their sociodemographic variables in part I and professional life stress scale by David Fontana in part II. The association between stress and various variables was found using Chi-square test.
Risk for professional stress was found more among unmarried young respondents of 20-30 years age group. No statistically significant association ( < 0.131) was found between department of posting and level of stress. Nurses reported that they had no time for rest, of whom 62.96% were suffering from moderate range of stress for a busy professional while only one admitted to have severe stress requiring remedial action. While 82.7% felt that they are able to achieve major objectives in life, 71.6% of them reported that they feel inadequately valued for their commitment at work.
The main nurses' occupational stressors were criticism, feeling of not being appreciated for hard work, and having time for self. This type of assessment should be carried out in all hospitals so that working conditions for this important component of health care can be improved.
本横断面定量流行病学研究旨在了解肿瘤科室在职护士的工作压力程度。
本研究对印度军队各肿瘤中心100名接受过肿瘤学培训且同意参与的护士中的81名进行。研究在本机构的五个具备肿瘤相关设施的肿瘤中心开展。问卷分为两部分，第一部分涵盖社会人口统计学变量，第二部分采用大卫·丰塔纳编制的职业生活压力量表。使用卡方检验来发现压力与各种变量之间的关联。
20 - 30岁未婚年轻受访者的职业压力风险更高。工作岗位部门与压力水平之间未发现具有统计学意义的关联（< 0.131）。护士们表示他们没有休息时间，其中62.96%的人因工作繁忙承受中度压力，只有一人承认承受严重压力需要采取补救措施。虽然82.7%的人觉得自己能够实现生活中的主要目标，但71.6%的人表示他们觉得自己的工作付出没有得到充分认可。
护士主要的职业压力源包括受到批评、努力工作却未得到赞赏以及没有属于自己的时间。所有医院都应进行此类评估，以便改善医疗保健这一重要组成部分的工作条件。
