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esence of professional stress in teaching
staff at the Medical faculty in Foca
Milica Vuksanović, Dragica Marić, Jelena Pavlović,
Sandra Joković, Natalija Hadživuković
University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Medicine, Studentska 5, 73 300 Foca,
Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
vuksanovicmilica24@icloud.com; mariceva11@yahoo.com; pjelena551@gmail.com;
sandra.jokovic@hotmail.com; natalijahadzivukovic@yahoo.com
Abstract
Introduction: In recent years, an increasing number of studies deal with
the study of the psychosocial aspects of the working-age population. The
aim of the research was to examine the level of professional stress in the
teaching staff at the Medical Faculty in Foca.
Methodology: The study was designed as a cross-sectional study with 47
workers. The survey included faculty members from the Medical Faculty
in Foca. We used a sociodemographic questionnaire, a questionnaire to
assess health status and Maslach burnout inventory. Statistical analysis
was performed with the use of SPSS statistical software package. Results:
Most respondents (83%) are under stress, and 42.6% of the respondents
identified symptoms of work related burnout. Physical and mental
component of quality of life was assessed as “bad” by 2.1 % respondents;
their physical and mental health was rated as “well” by 23.4%, and by
74.5%respondents was rated as excellent. Conclusion: Those respondents
that rated the presence of burnout symptoms rated also their quality of
mental health as lower.
Keywords: quality of life, professional stress, health.
At the present time the concept of stress is widely used, both in science
and in everyday life. There are many definitions of stress dealing with
aspects of stress, which are important for the scientific discipline from
where they came from, and that immediately indicates the width and impor-
tance of this problem. Stress is present in different spheres of human life; there
are different patterns and individual consequences (Tennat, 2001). Numer-
ous empirical studies show that the sources of stress on work are many, and
that the stress related to work frequently occurs. The most common causes of
workplace stress are: lack of control, poor working conditions, too much re-
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7023-32-9.227-235
staff at the Medical faculty in Foca
Milica Vuksanović, Dragica Marić, Jelena Pavlović,
Sandra Joković, Natalija Hadživuković
University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Medicine, Studentska 5, 73 300 Foca,
Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
vuksanovicmilica24@icloud.com; mariceva11@yahoo.com; pjelena551@gmail.com;
sandra.jokovic@hotmail.com; natalijahadzivukovic@yahoo.com
Abstract
Introduction: In recent years, an increasing number of studies deal with
the study of the psychosocial aspects of the working-age population. The
aim of the research was to examine the level of professional stress in the
teaching staff at the Medical Faculty in Foca.
Methodology: The study was designed as a cross-sectional study with 47
workers. The survey included faculty members from the Medical Faculty
in Foca. We used a sociodemographic questionnaire, a questionnaire to
assess health status and Maslach burnout inventory. Statistical analysis
was performed with the use of SPSS statistical software package. Results:
Most respondents (83%) are under stress, and 42.6% of the respondents
identified symptoms of work related burnout. Physical and mental
component of quality of life was assessed as “bad” by 2.1 % respondents;
their physical and mental health was rated as “well” by 23.4%, and by
74.5%respondents was rated as excellent. Conclusion: Those respondents
that rated the presence of burnout symptoms rated also their quality of
mental health as lower.
Keywords: quality of life, professional stress, health.
At the present time the concept of stress is widely used, both in science
and in everyday life. There are many definitions of stress dealing with
aspects of stress, which are important for the scientific discipline from
where they came from, and that immediately indicates the width and impor-
tance of this problem. Stress is present in different spheres of human life; there
are different patterns and individual consequences (Tennat, 2001). Numer-
ous empirical studies show that the sources of stress on work are many, and
that the stress related to work frequently occurs. The most common causes of
workplace stress are: lack of control, poor working conditions, too much re-
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7023-32-9.227-235
