Factors Influencing COVID-19 Stress among Tertiary Hospital Workers

IF 2.6 4区心理学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI:10.17547/kjsr.2022.30.4.252

So Yeon Kim, J. Kang

{"title":"Factors Influencing COVID-19 Stress among Tertiary Hospital Workers","authors":"So Yeon Kim, J. Kang","doi":"10.17547/kjsr.2022.30.4.252","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: The study aimed to identify the level of and factors influencing stress experienced by tertiary hospital workers related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and provide a foundation to develop a systematic stress-relief intervention program. Methods: This descriptive study conducted a questionnaire survey using the Korean version of the COVID-19 Stress Scale. The participants were medical workers, medical technicians, office workers, and other occupational groups in two tertiary general hospitals in J province of Korea with more than six months of work experience. Data were collected from November 2021 to December 2021. Results: The results indicated that being male, being a healthcare provider, such as doctor or nurse, and income dissatisfaction were significant influencing factors of COVID-19 stress. The independent variables explained the dependent variable by 14.5%. The job category was the most influencing factor, and healthcare providers exhibited significantly less stress than office workers. Conclusions: Therefore, appropriate education, systematic and differentiated stress management, and policy efforts are required to relieve COVID-19-related stress among tertiary hospital workers.","PeriodicalId":51173,"journal":{"name":"Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17547/kjsr.2022.30.4.252","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Background: The study aimed to identify the level of and factors influencing stress experienced by tertiary hospital workers related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and provide a foundation to develop a systematic stress-relief intervention program. Methods: This descriptive study conducted a questionnaire survey using the Korean version of the COVID-19 Stress Scale. The participants were medical workers, medical technicians, office workers, and other occupational groups in two tertiary general hospitals in J province of Korea with more than six months of work experience. Data were collected from November 2021 to December 2021. Results: The results indicated that being male, being a healthcare provider, such as doctor or nurse, and income dissatisfaction were significant influencing factors of COVID-19 stress. The independent variables explained the dependent variable by 14.5%. The job category was the most influencing factor, and healthcare providers exhibited significantly less stress than office workers. Conclusions: Therefore, appropriate education, systematic and differentiated stress management, and policy efforts are required to relieve COVID-19-related stress among tertiary hospital workers.

查看原文本刊更多论文

影响三级医院工作人员新冠肺炎应激的因素

背景：本研究旨在确定三级医院工作人员与2019冠状病毒病（新冠肺炎）相关的压力水平和影响压力的因素，并为制定系统的压力缓解干预计划提供基础。方法：本描述性研究采用韩国版新冠肺炎压力量表进行问卷调查。参与者是韩国J省两家三级综合医院的医务工作者、医疗技术人员、办公室工作人员和其他职业群体，他们有六个多月的工作经验。数据收集时间为2021年11月至2021年12月。结果：研究结果表明，男性、医生或护士等医疗服务提供者以及收入不满是新冠肺炎压力的重要影响因素。自变量对因变量的解释率为14.5%。工作类别是最具影响的因素，医疗保健提供者表现出的压力明显小于上班族。结论：因此，需要适当的教育、系统和差异化的压力管理以及政策努力来缓解三级医院工作人员中与COVID-19相关的压力。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

0.00%

发文量

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal Stress aims to provide scientists involved in stress research with the possibility of reading a more integrated view of the field. Peer reviewed papers, invited reviews and short communications will deal with interdisciplinary aspects of stress in terms of: the mechanisms of stressful stimulation, including within and between individuals; the physiological and behavioural responses to stress, and their regulation, in both the short and long term; adaptive mechanisms, coping strategies and the pathological consequences of stress. Stress will publish the latest developments in physiology, neurobiology, molecular biology, genetics research, immunology, and behavioural studies as they impact on the understanding of stress and its adverse consequences and their amelioration. Specific approaches may include transgenic/knockout animals, developmental/programming studies, electrophysiology, histochemistry, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuroanatomy, neuroimaging, endocrinology, autonomic physiology, immunology, chronic pain, ethological and other behavioural studies and clinical measures.