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Work related stressors and quality
of life of nurses
Jelena Pavlović, Maja Račić, Nataša Radović, Sandra Joković, Natalija Hadživuković
University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Medicine,
Studentska 5, 73 300 Foca, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
pjelena551@gmail.com; porodicnamedicina@gmail.com; natasa1122@live.com;
sandra.jokovic@hotmail.com; natalijahadzivukovic@yahoo.com
Abstract
Introduction: Burnout syndrome is a state of mental and physical
exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. The aim of the
research was to determine the influence of stress factors on the quality
of life of workers in the surgical and internal medicine department.
Methodology: The study was designed as a cross-sectional study with 150
subjects. The research was conducted at the University Hospital Foca,
surgical and internal medicine department. We used a sociodemographic
questionnaire, a questionnaire to assess the health status and the work
related scale of stress. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS
ver. 24.0. Results: The frequency of the burnout syndrome as a response
to chronic stress is high (20%). The lower level of the quality of life of the
respondents was found in dimension mental health (49.36%) and vitality
(62.93%). Workers on the surgical ward are most obvious overloaded
(82.60%) and have a lower quality of life. Disscussion and Conclusion:
The most common stress-related factors of workers in the surgical
department are overloaded with work, financial constraints, call time, a
small number of health care workers.
Keywords: professionals, stressful factors, nurses, quality of life
In recent years, the greatest attention of the scientific public has been attract-
ed by the number of studies of the influence of stress or stress factors on the
health status of employees (Kang et al., 2015; Rybojad et al., 2016).Therefore,
the rate of interest in the study of stress and its consequences on employees in
the health sector increases (Lin et al., 2015; Kowalczuk and Krajewska-Kulak,
2015). Research of stress in the workplaces in the health sector with the aim of
preventing its harmful effects, which lead to lower life quality and reduction of
working capacity due to illness, becomes increasingly important (Romano et
al, 2015). Neither the students in scientific disciplines are exempt from stress,
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7023-32-9.149-154
of life of nurses
Jelena Pavlović, Maja Račić, Nataša Radović, Sandra Joković, Natalija Hadživuković
University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Medicine,
Studentska 5, 73 300 Foca, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
pjelena551@gmail.com; porodicnamedicina@gmail.com; natasa1122@live.com;
sandra.jokovic@hotmail.com; natalijahadzivukovic@yahoo.com
Abstract
Introduction: Burnout syndrome is a state of mental and physical
exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. The aim of the
research was to determine the influence of stress factors on the quality
of life of workers in the surgical and internal medicine department.
Methodology: The study was designed as a cross-sectional study with 150
subjects. The research was conducted at the University Hospital Foca,
surgical and internal medicine department. We used a sociodemographic
questionnaire, a questionnaire to assess the health status and the work
related scale of stress. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS
ver. 24.0. Results: The frequency of the burnout syndrome as a response
to chronic stress is high (20%). The lower level of the quality of life of the
respondents was found in dimension mental health (49.36%) and vitality
(62.93%). Workers on the surgical ward are most obvious overloaded
(82.60%) and have a lower quality of life. Disscussion and Conclusion:
The most common stress-related factors of workers in the surgical
department are overloaded with work, financial constraints, call time, a
small number of health care workers.
Keywords: professionals, stressful factors, nurses, quality of life
In recent years, the greatest attention of the scientific public has been attract-
ed by the number of studies of the influence of stress or stress factors on the
health status of employees (Kang et al., 2015; Rybojad et al., 2016).Therefore,
the rate of interest in the study of stress and its consequences on employees in
the health sector increases (Lin et al., 2015; Kowalczuk and Krajewska-Kulak,
2015). Research of stress in the workplaces in the health sector with the aim of
preventing its harmful effects, which lead to lower life quality and reduction of
working capacity due to illness, becomes increasingly important (Romano et
al, 2015). Neither the students in scientific disciplines are exempt from stress,
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7023-32-9.149-154
