Spendelow Jason, Cripwell Clare, Stott Rebecca, Francis Kathryn, Powell Jenny, Cavanagh Kate, Corbett Ruth
Harper and Keele Veterinary School, Keele University and Harper Adams University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK.
Keele University School of Psychology, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK.
Vet Med Sci. 2024 Jul;10(4):e1547. doi: 10.1002/vms3.1547.
Veterinary professionals experience higher psychological distress and lower wellbeing compared with the general population. Identifying workplace stressors is key to understanding and alleviating these difficulties.
Identify the severity of workplace stressors in veterinary professions across different levels of professional experience.
A cross-sectional quantitative design was utilised via administration of a veterinary stressor questionnaire that measured the severity of 93 generic and veterinary-specific workplace stressors.
A total of 658 participants reported stressor severity score. Factor analysis revealed four main stressor categories: workload and job demands, client relations stress, performance and accountability, patient care challenges. An inverse relationship was found between experience level and stressor severity scores. Furthermore, the most severe stressors varied as a function of career stage.
Stressor severity tends to decrease with increasing experience levels. Stressors can be categorised by theme and unique stressor profiles can be derived for practitioners according to experience level. This knowledge can assist in the design and delivery of workplace support initiatives.
Identify key stressors across different levels of experience is important in focusing efforts to support people in the workplace.
与普通人群相比，兽医专业人员经历着更高的心理困扰和更低的幸福感。识别工作场所压力源是理解和缓解这些困难的关键。
确定不同专业经验水平的兽医职业中工作场所压力源的严重程度。
通过发放一份兽医压力源问卷采用横断面定量设计，该问卷测量了93种一般和兽医特定的工作场所压力源的严重程度。
共有658名参与者报告了压力源严重程度得分。因子分析揭示了四个主要压力源类别：工作量和工作要求、客户关系压力、绩效和问责制、患者护理挑战。发现经验水平与压力源严重程度得分之间存在反比关系。此外，最严重的压力源因职业阶段而异。
压力源严重程度往往随着经验水平的提高而降低。压力源可以按主题分类，并且可以根据经验水平为从业者得出独特的压力源概况。这些知识有助于工作场所支持举措的设计和实施。
识别不同经验水平的关键压力源对于集中精力支持工作场所的人员很重要。
