Bashar Jibril M, Aliyu Danjuma, Anyebe Emmanuel E, Gabriel Israel, Nasir Amanullahi, Mangari Abdulrrahaman S, Abubakar Faizah S, H Wada Yusuf
Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
School of Post Basic Perioperative Nursing, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Tudun Wada Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024 Nov 18;4(11):e0003959. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003959. eCollection 2024.
Healthcare workers continue to experience high levels of work-related stress which continue to negatively affect their psychological, physical, and emotional well-being. This is even more prevalent among healthcare workers who work in surgical specialities, with the surgical operation room becoming a known stressor at hospitals. This study aims to assess work-related stress among surgical team members at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria between January 2021-2022. Data analysis involved descriptive and inferential statistical approaches using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23.0. The study found an overall high prevalence of work-related stress, with 65% of participants reporting moderate levels of stress. The majority of the participants have a mean age of 39.4 ± 7.8 years, most of them being physicians (66.3%), being males (59.9%), and identified with a Hausa ethnic tribe. Notably, the multiple regression analysis found that tribe (p = 0.008), professional cadres (p = 0.001) and age/years of experience (p = 0.0035) emerged as significant predictors of work-related stress. Key determinants of work-related stress among surgical team members include workload, complexity of work, and conflicting cognitive job demands that continue to subject professionals to increasing workloads and constant decision-making about their job. Organizational factors, such as job policy and procedure, communication problems, and the nature of facilities, were identified as the highest contributors to work-related stress in organizational, interpersonal, and physical/environmental dimensions. The findings lead to the conclusion that a considerable proportion of surgical team members experience a relatively high level of work-related stress, primarily attributed to workload and cognitive demands. In light of these results, urgent efforts are recommended to improve the working conditions and environment for surgical team members. Furthermore, the integration of stress management measures into the educational programs for the surgical team is emphasized to effectively address and mitigate the impact of work-related stress.
医护人员持续面临高水平的工作相关压力，这继续对他们的心理、身体和情感健康产生负面影响。这在从事外科专业的医护人员中更为普遍，手术室已成为医院中一个公认的压力源。本研究旨在评估2021年1月至2022年期间扎里亚阿哈穆杜·贝洛大学教学医院外科团队成员的工作相关压力。数据分析采用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）23.0版的描述性和推断性统计方法。研究发现工作相关压力总体患病率较高，65%的参与者报告有中度压力水平。大多数参与者的平均年龄为39.4±7.8岁，其中大多数是医生（66.3%），男性（59.9%），并认同豪萨族。值得注意的是，多元回归分析发现部落（p = 0.008）、专业干部（p = 0.001）和年龄/工作年限（p = 0.0035）是工作相关压力的重要预测因素。外科团队成员工作相关压力的关键决定因素包括工作量、工作复杂性以及相互冲突的认知工作需求，这些因素继续使专业人员承受越来越大的工作量，并不断对其工作进行决策。组织因素，如工作政策和程序、沟通问题以及设施性质，被确定为组织、人际和身体/环境维度中工作相关压力的最大促成因素。研究结果得出结论，相当一部分外科团队成员经历了相对较高水平的工作相关压力，主要归因于工作量和认知需求。鉴于这些结果，建议紧急努力改善外科团队成员的工作条件和环境。此外，强调将压力管理措施纳入外科团队的教育计划，以有效应对和减轻工作相关压力的影响。
