scholarly journals An Analysis of Stress among Lecturers at the University of Danang, Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 07 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Hang Phuong ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Stress Test ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
The University

Stress is inevitable in the modern life for people to make a living, however, prolonged stress will negatively affect their lives. This study, investigating impacts of stress on 986 university lecturers at The University of Danang, Viet Nam, used the PSS stress test to measure stress among participants. The results showed that there were a wide range of stressors for university lecturers, such as work-related problems, personal advancement, family relationships, work pressure, wages, and problems with friends. Our analysis showed that there were 176 lectures (39,9%) having signs of stress, of which 63 (15.1%) suffered high stress. Female lecturers suffered greater stress than their male colleagues. Based on our interview with those lecturers, we found that a better work policy such as increasing wages and reducing working hours can help reduce work-related stress. The paper highlighted the effects of stress on university lecturers’ performance as well as proposing solutions to reduce stress among university lecturers in Viet Nam.

scholarly journals Shift Work and Occupational Stress in Hospital Nurses in Sofia

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
K. Vangelova ◽  
I. Dimitrova ◽  
I. Cekova ◽  
R. Stoyanova
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Shift Work ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Night Work ◽  
Hospital Nurses ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Long Working Hours ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Stress

Abstract Prevalence of shift work and occupational stress is one of the highest in nursing compared to other sectors. For years Bulgaria is facing nurses’ shortage, which contributes to their long working hours. The aim of the study was to follow the working time arrangements, stressors and health symptoms in hospital nurses in Sofia. Methods: The study is cross-sectional and comprised 1292 female nurses of average age 50.0 ± 10.2 years from 19 hospitals in Sofia. The anonymous questionnaire was filled, including demographic information, working hours and shift system, with special attention to night work and long working hours, stress and health symptoms. Statistical analysis was carried using SPSS. Results: The shift work, night work, including 5 and more night shifts per month and the extended shifts were common among the studied nurses with the greatest deal of the emergency and intensive care unit nurses, followed by department nurses. The high rates of overtime and second job contributed to long working hours of 51-60 hours per week in 16.9 % of the nurses and > 61 hours in 11.1 %. About 90 % of the nurses felt under strain and experienced emotional dissonance while working with patients. Work-related stress, night work and long working hours were related to self-rated emotional and physical exhaustion and poor health. Discussion: The work-related stress, night work and the long working hours raise health concerns for occupational health of hospital nurses. Urgent preventive measures are needed to control stress and reduce working hours and night work.

scholarly journals Individual Differences on Job Stress and Related Ill Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-147
Author(s):  
Miodraga Stefanovska Petkovska ◽  
Vesna Velik Stefanovska ◽  
Marjan Bojadziev
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Workplace Stressors ◽  
Related Stress

Background: Work-related stress is becoming one of the key themes for attention because of its serious threats on workers’ wellbeing, job dissatisfaction and absenteeism.Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the employees' individual differences in the perception of main workplace stressors, perceived job related stress and experienced health consequences.Methods: In a cross-sectional study a sample of 106 employees was surveyed within a private enterprise in Republic of Macedonia.Results: Analysis showed significant differences in experienced stress at work due to age, marital status, number of children, time spend in the current work position and working hours per day. Stressors such as: lack of personal knowledge and skills (60.4%), big pressure for last minute job completion (60.4%) and unstable work position (47.2%) were pointed out the most potential sources for job stress. The majority of employees who always experience health problems as a result of job stress were female (61.9%), on non-managerial position (85.7%), and 5 to 10 years in the current work position (42.9%).Conclusion: Employees are exposed to many potential work related stressors which differently affect their job satisfaction and result in ill health. A better understanding of the individual characteristics and potential stressors should subsequently help managers' better deal with this problem. This underlines the need for further research and design of stress reduction interventions.

Single-item measures of stress during work- and private time in healthcare workers

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jonas Vinstrup ◽  
Kenneth Jay ◽  
Markus Due Jakobsen ◽  
Lars L. Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Single Item ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Time Stress ◽  
Related Stress

BACKGROUND: While the psychosocial work environment within the hospital sector is a topic of great debate, surveys assessing stress often do not differentiate between stress related to work- and private life. Identifying risk factors associated with these domains of daily life would help improve policies as well as target relevant treatment options. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate associations between stress during to work- and private time with Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS). METHODS: Perceived stress was assessed by the full version of CPSS (scores 0–40) as well as by two single-item questions related to stress related to work- and private life, respectively. Associations between these single-items and CPSS were modelled using general linear models controlling for lifestyle factors. RESULTS: Overall, stress due to both work- and private time was strongly associated with CPSS scores. In the full population (n = 3,600), “never experiencing stress” during both work- and private time was associated with low stress scores (6.0, 95%CI 5.1–6.9). “Never experiencing” work-related stress but experiencing private time stress “very often” was associated with high stress scores (22.4, CI 19.8–25.1). Likewise, experiencing work-related stress “very often” but “never experiencing” private time stress was also associated with high stress scores (22.2, CI 20.3–24.2). Lastly, Spearman’s r between the full CPSS and the two single-item questions about work- and private time stress were 0.62 (p <  0.0001) and 0.52 (p <  0.0001), respectively, while the two items were only weakly correlated (r = 0.32). CONCLUSION: The present study shows that perceived stress due to both work and private time is strongly associated with Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale scores. The results illustrate the feasibility of using single-item questions related to work- and private time in identifying domain-specific risk factors for psychosocial stress.

An Empirical Evaluation of an Expanded Nursing Stress Scale

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. French ◽  
Rhonda Lenton ◽  
Vivienne Walters ◽  
John Eyles
Keyword(s):  
Death And Dying ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Nursing Stress ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Related Stress

In the study of work-related stress among nurses, the Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) is the best known and most widely used scale. This article presents an overview of the NSS and its use, and describes the development of an expanded instrument (ENSS) to measure sources and frequency of stress perceived by nurses. Findings are based on a random sample of 2,280 nurses in Ontario working in a wide range of work settings. Pretests for the study indicated that an expanded version of the NSS was necessary in order to adequately measure sources of stress among nurses. The sources of stress comprised nine subscales—death and dying, conflict with physicians, inadequate preparation, problems with peers, problems with supervisors, workload, uncertainty concerning treatment, patients and their families, and discrimination. Confirmatory factor analyses, run on two randomly selected halves of the sample, came close to meeting standard criteria levels. The alpha coefficients of eight of the subscales were .70 or higher, and concurrent and construct validity assessments provided strong support for the expanded NSS.

scholarly journals Factors Related to Nurses’ Burnout during the First Wave of Coronavirus Disease-19 in a University Hospital in Italy

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 5051
Author(s):  
Francesco Bellanti ◽  
Aurelio Lo Buglio ◽  
Erika Capuano ◽  
Michał Dobrakowski ◽  
Aleksandra Kasperczyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Hours ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Multivariate Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
The University ◽  
Job Related Stress

Safety of healthcare workers in hospitals is a major concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Being exposed for several working hours per day to infected patients, nurses dealing with COVID-19 face several issues that lead to physical/psychological breakdown. This study focused on burnout and its associated factors in nurses working in an Italian University Hospital during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. We designed a web-based cross-sectional study addressed to nurses working at the University Hospital in Foggia, Italy. The online questionnaire was organized in sections aimed at collecting demographic and occupational variables, including the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OBI). Two hundred and ninety-three nurses agreed to participate. According to MBI, we reported moderate/high emotional exhaustion in 76.5%, depersonalization in 50.2%, and personal gratification in 54.6% of participants. COVID-19-related burnout measured by OBI resulted medium/high in 89.1% of participants. Among demographic and occupational factors, a multivariate regression analysis identified emotional support, consideration of leaving job, and workload as predictive of burnout in nurses. In conclusion, this study suggests that the improvement of employer and family support to nurses, as well as reduction of workload and job-related stress, would contribute to reducing burnout in nurses during COVID-19 pandemics.

scholarly journals Students’ Geopathic Stress: Its Influence on Their Work-Related Stress, Burnout and On-the-Job Training Performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremias L. Convocar
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Job Training ◽  
Stress Test ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
On The Job Training ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Correlational Method

Geopathic stress is a natural phenomenon which affects certain places and can be damaging to human health. This study determined the extent of geopathic stress (GS) among 253 randomly selected fourth-year college students and its influence on their work-related stress, burnout, and on-the-job training (OJT) performance. Using descriptive-correlational method, the study utilized published on-line GS questionnaire, stress test, burnout inventory, and students’ final ratings in OJT.  The extent of GS among graduating college students revealed that 13.83% had “few feelings” of GS, 32.81% had “some strong feelings” of GS, 39.13% had “substantial GS feelings”, and 14.23% were “experiencing” GS. They had “fair” work-related stress, “some strong” feelings of burnout and “outstanding” OJT performance.  Significant differences were found in students’ burnout when grouped as to the level of GS.  A positive and significant relationship was found between GS and burnout and among work-related stress and the OJT performance. However, a negative and significant relationship was found between burnout and OJT performance. Hence, GS is a major stressor that triggered burnout and eventually affects students’ OJT performance. Keywords – Geopathic Stress, work stress, burnout, ojt performance, influence,        descriptive-correlational, Iloilo, Philippines

scholarly journals PELATIHAN PENGUASAAN MENGETIK CEPAT 10 JARI DENGAN METODE DRILL DI SMK NEGERI 5 BANDAR LAMPUNG

Dharma LPPM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suripto Suripto ◽  
Supriyanto Supriyanto ◽  
Eri Maryani
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Article ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Complete Work ◽  
Test Application ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

The purpose of this service is to improve mastery skills and skills in fast typing for students of SMKN 5 Bandar Lampung. For the problems faced by students, namely how to apply fast typing using the drill method in order to complete work related to typing, which can be completed quickly, correctly and on time. The long-term target to be achieved in this activity is closely related to the problem of using the drill method using the typing test application which covers a very wide range for students, teachers and secretaries which leads to improving their performance. The steps taken to master fast typing are through coaching and improving fast typing exercises by using several typing test applications using the drill method. The output of this activity is the scientific article Shinta 4 Lancang Kuning University, activity videos, and service profiles published at the University of Lampung dedication seminar. The methods used are interesting discussions, lectures and practicals, about the drill method in the typing test. By holding fast typing training with the Drill method, it is intended for students of SMKN 5 Bandar Lampung, to be able to further improve their mastery and skills in fast typing.

scholarly journals Exploring the Emotional Intelligence Needs of University Lecturers in Managing Work-Related Challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Eucharia Chinwe Igbafe
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Regular Work ◽  
Nigerian University ◽  
Interpretive Design ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
The University

The emotional intelligence needs of Nigerian university lecturers in managing work‑related challenges were investigated in this study. A qualitative research approach of phenomenological interpretive design was used. Twelve university lecturers were selected purposively from three sampled Nigerian universities to participate in the research. The recorded interviews were transcribed and thereafter analysed with the assistance of ATLAS.ti 8 software. The four main themes that emerged were (a) struggling with regular work activities and emerging emotions, (b) finding a balance amidst many different demands and the lack of resources, (c) adaptability and adjustment problems, and (d) lack of emotional support from the university and possible reasons. The findings revealed that emotional intelligence needs regarding self-management and the management of relationships are present within the universities. The study also revealed that there is a need for institutional based policy to steer the addition of emotional intelligence exercise in academic systematic Professional improvement undertakings to ensure quality management of work challenges and the associated emotions. It is suggested that such training could be implemented through seminars and workshops in the various departments.

Systematic review of shift work and nurses’ health

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Rosa ◽  
S Terzoni ◽  
F Dellafiore ◽  
A Destrebecq
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Rhythms ◽  
Shift Work ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Work Schedule Tolerance ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Metabolic Cardiovascular Syndrome

Abstract Background Nursing is characterized by a working articulation in shifts to ensure continuity of care throughout the 24 h. However, shift work and the resulting desynchronization of circadian rhythms may have adverse effects on nurses’ health. Aims To describe the effects of shift work and desynchronization of circadian rhythms on nurse’s health. Methods Databases: PubMed, Cinahl, Scopus, Embase and Ilisi. Search terms (free terms, MeSH): ‘nurses’, ‘shiftwork’, ‘nightwork’, ‘sleep disorder, circadian rhythm’, ‘work schedule tolerance’, ‘breast neoplasm’, ‘metabolic syndrome X’, ‘metabolic cardiovascular syndrome’, ‘Cardiovascular disease’, ‘stress’, ‘diabetes’. We included all randomized controlled trials, observational studies, reviews and papers studying nurses’ shift work. Quality assessment of the retrieved papers was verified according to Dixon-Woods checklist. Results Twenty-four articles were analyzed. Literature review has shown that shift work involves an alteration in psychophysical homeostasis, with a decrease in performance. It is an obstacle for social and family relationships, as well as a risk factor for stress, sleep disorders, metabolic disorders, diabetes, cardiovascular disorders and breast cancer. Conclusions An organized ergonomic turnaround can be less detrimental to the health of nurses and more beneficial for the healthcare providers. Therefore, we suggest organizing studies to assess whether improving nurses’ health would lead to a reduction in miscarriages, absenteeism and work-related stress.

EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT FACTORS OF UNIVERSITY LECTURERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 476-487
Author(s):  
Ausra Rutkiene ◽  
Jolita Ančlauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
The University ◽  
Personal Interests

In the context of the knowledge society the university teachers face increasing challenges. They are required a wide range of education as well as a constant desire for improvement fallowing up and applying innovations in their work. This article examines the teaching of a university lecturer in a non-formal or an informal way in order to find out what factors lead by representatives of this field trying to improve their competencies as the knowledge creator and disseminator. The survey was conducted by interviewing university lecturers during a semi-structured interview. The results of empirical research have shown that non-formal or informal learning for teachers is an integral part of their professional activity and they tend to pursue their personal interests in the most part in gaining knowledge or new experience to satisfy their curiosity, to satisfy students or to overcome certain challenges. In the professional environment, the impetus for learning is felt through the improvement of the quality of students and lectures, the desire to be equal partners in science to their colleagues and the perception that the teaching profession requires multidisciplinarity. Continuous learning has also been identified as a condition for pursuing a career or simply to maintain a job and meet the high academic requirements of the teaching profession.

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