An integrative neutrosophic model focused on personality (inmfp) for the adequate management of the level of work stress

Level of work stress and factors associated with bruxism in the military crew of the Peruvian Air Force

Introduction. In the course of their occupational activities, health workers experience a huge burden, which often leads to the development of stress, emotional burnout, and changes in health status. 
 Goal – to study the prevalence of working stress and the degree of emotional burnout in health workers with different levels of work stress.
 Material and methods. Two hundred ten health workers of outpatient polyclinic institutions of Kazan were examined using the questionnaire “RAMIS” (Workplace and stress) and the questionnaire of emotional burnout by K.Maslach (adapted by N.E. Vodopyanova).
 Results. There was recorded an increased level of stress among health workers in all age groups (31.6% at a young age, 35% on average, 42.4% in the elderly). Low level of social support (54.2%) and low level of control (43.1%) are the leading factors in the structure of working stress among health workers of outpatient clinics. A high degree of emotional burnout is equally recorded in all the age groups studied (35.9% at a young age, 40% on average, 42.3% in the elderly). A reliable relationship between working stress and emotional burnout has been determined.
 Limitations. Health workers in hospitals and private medical clinics were not included, as well as those who did not give informed consent to participate in this study.
 Conclusion. A high level of working stress was recorded in each age group studied, the relationship between age and the level of work stress was not revealed. Also, the burnout syndrome was detected in all age groups and had no connection with age. Health workers with a high level of stress were found to be much more likely to suffer from emotional burnout than people with low working stress.

Very little has been empirically explored on the association between spirituality and work stress in the academic setting; thus, this study involving fulltime education faculty of colleges in Cagayan de Oro City was conducted. Standardized tools were used to determine the levels of spirituality and work stress. An in-depth interview with the top and lowest ten on spirituality was conducted to further validate the findings. This study’s findings reveal that the faculty’s extent of work stress was low. As to spirituality, they considered themselves highly spiritual. Moreover, the study showed that age, gender, educational attainment, and length of teaching experience did not significantly influence the teachers’ level of work stress. However, only gender was found to have a significant influence on the faculty’s level of spirituality. Finally, no statistical evidence was found that the faculty’s level of spirituality had a significant effect on their level of work stress. However, results of the in-depth interview reveal the practical significance of spirituality in relation to work stress. Therefore, the findings offer insight into the limitation of empirical study to measure objectively the spiritual domain of man. Hence, the role of spirituality still cannot be dismissed despite the lack of statistical evidence. Keywords - spirituality, work stress

Nurses’ roles expose them to a lot of stress based upon the physical labour, exposure to human suffering, lengthy work hours, poor staffing, and interpersonal relationships that are central to the work they do. Nurses are expected to deliver humane, empathetic, culturally-sensitive and proficient care in working environments with limited resources and increasing responsibilities. Such imbalance between providing high quality care with limited resources leads to physical and mental stress. This stressful nature of nursing can ultimately lead to job dissatisfaction and burnout which among health care providers are important issues since they affect turnover rates, staff retention and ultimately the quality of patient care. A thoroughly validated self developed questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.78 was used to explore the effect of work environment on the level of work stress and burnout among nurses. A purposive sampling technique was utilized to select 100 participants from the medical unit of the hospital. Three hypotheses were tested at a significant level of 0.05. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and Pearson’s Correlation. The study revealed that level of stress was higher among the staff nurses who had worked for only between 0 and 3 years, with mean stress score 46.0000. Findings further revealed that as the cadre rose, the nurses assumed that managerial roles were accountable for increased subordinates and oversee health related and administrative responsibilities and they experienced more stress. Also there is a significant relationship among work environment, stress and burnout among the nurses in the selected unit. In conclusion, though work conditions and environment are not favourable, there are job security and good interpersonal relationship among the nurses which cushion the stressful situations. It is therefore recommended that the management of the hospitals should provide a conducive work environment, providing necessary resources and adequate break periods to ensure staff welfare.

Objetivo: Determinar la relación entre estrés laboral y satisfacción laboral en enfermeros de los servicios críticos de una clínica de Lima.Metodología: Estudio descriptivo, no experimental, correlacional, de enfoque cuantitativo. Se utilizo el Maslach Burnout Inventory para medir el nivel de estrés laboral y La Font Roja para medir el nivel de satisfacción laboral. La muestra estuvo constituida por 41 enfermeras que trabajaban en las áreas críticas de unidad de cuidados intensivos, emergencia y urgencia.Resultados: El 46% de enfermeros muestra un nivel alto de estrés laboral; en cuanto a las dimensiones, se encontró que según la dimensión despersonalización hay un nivel alto de estrés laboral en 39%, en cuanto a la dimensión satisfacción por el trabajo 76% de enfermeras presentaron nivel medio; mientras que existe nivel alto 52% de satisfacción laboral.Conclusiones: No existe relación entre nivel de estrés y satisfacción laboral.

Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the level of Covid-19 burnout in 112 emergency service personnel with work stress and work-family conflict level. Material and Method: This cross-sectional research, was conducted with 293 emergency service personnel who are serving in a city located in the east of Turkey. Coronavirus Burnout Scale, Work Stress Scale and Work-Family Conflict Scales were used to obtain data. In the analysis of the data, besides descriptive statistics (number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, min-max), Pearson correlation analysis was used. Results: The average working year of the 112 emergency service personnel with an average age of 29.01±6.54 is 7.69±5.17. Of the participants, 47.7% of whom are emergency medical technicians, 60.1% are women, 58.7% are associate degree graduates. It was determined that emergency service personnel had a total average score of 35.46±12.10 from the Coronavirus Burnout Scale, 26.39±7.71 points from the Work Stress Scale, and 17.76±6.24 points from the Work-Family Conflict Scale. A moderate positive correlation was found between the coronavirus burnout level and work stress level in 112 emergency service personnel (r=0.698; p<0.001). In addition, a moderate positive correlation was observed between coronavirus burnout level and work-family conflict level (r=0.657; p<0.001). Conclusion: It was determined that the level of coronavirus burnout, work stress and work-family conflict in emergency service personnel were at a moderate level. In addition, it was found that as the level of coronavirus burnout in emergency service personnel increased, the level of work stress and work-family conflict increased significantly.

The current study was conducted to explore emotional climate, work stress and occupational cognitive failure among doctors. The sample of 150 doctors was selected from two cities i.e. Jhang and Faisalabad. Emotional climate was measured by Emotional climate scale by Yurtsever& De Rivera (2010), for work stress, Work Place Stress Scale by American institute of stress and adapted by Fatima Chohan (2013) was used. Occupational Cognitive Failure was measured by occupational cognitive failure questionnaire by Allahyari, Rangi, Khosravi and Zayeri (2011). The data was analyzed by administering t-test, correlation and regression analysis. Results revealed that Emotional climate, work stress and cognitive failure are significantly positively correlated. No significant difference between male and female, rural and urban, government and private doctors on the level of emotional climate, work stress and occupational cognitive failure was found. Significant difference between nuclear and joint family doctors on the level of work stress was found. Doctors from nuclear family system showed higher level of work stress as compared to Joint family doctors. Emotional climate, work stress and demographic variables are predictors which collectively and significantly contributed to occupational cognitive failure.

Two hundred and twelve participants, 135 male and 77 female, derived from several different occupations, responded to questionnaires based upon several self-report instruments including the Subjective Stress Experience Questionnaire (psychological and somatic), the Stress and Energy Scale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) Scale, the Job Stress Survey (JSS), Partnership Relations Quality (PRQ) Test, and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS). It was found that self-reported high levels of work stress (the JSS “High work stress” group) induced more anxiety, stress (SE), psychological and somatic subjective stress, and negative affect than selfreported low levels of work stress (the JSS “Low work stress” group), with intermediate levels of work stress (the JSS “Medium work stress” group) in between. Self-reported high levels of partnership relations quality (the “High PRQ” group) was associated with less depression, anxiety, stress (SE) and negative affect than self-reported low levels of partnership relations quality (the “High PRQ” group), with intermediate levels (the “Medium PRQ” group) in between. Regression analysis indicated that depressive, anxiety, stress (SE), psychological stress and somatic stress were each significantly predicted by work stress (JSS), whereas partnership relations quality was counter-predictive for depression, anxiety, stress (SE) and psychological stress. Female participants expressed higher levels of stress and energy (SE), anxiety and psychological stress (SSE) than the male participants. The present findings tentatively suggest the health-promoting advantages of positive partnership, and/or familial, relations in counteracting the illhealth accruing from various types of general stress (SE, psychological and somatic) and the particular stresses of work occupation.

The purpose of this study was to identify level of physical activity, level of work stress and barriers of physical activities among school teachers in Perak state. Besides, this study examined the relationship between level of physical activity and level of work stress as well as level of physical activity and barriers of physical activities. The instrument of this study is Questionnaire. Population of this study is school teachers in Perak state (N=380). Result of this study shown that level of physical activity ranked accordingly is low, medium and high while level of work stress ranked accordingly is medium, low and high. Structure and organization factor was the main barriers of physical activities among school teachers. Pearson correlation shown there are relationship between level of physical activity and level of work stress. However, the strength of relationship is very week. Besides, the result also shown that there are significant relationship between level of physical activity and barriers of physical activities, but the strength of relationship is very week as well. In conclusion, to increase level of physical activity and lower level of work stress, the barriers of physical activity must be minimal. Several implications and suggestions were highlighted for further action and future research.

Background: The recent increase in workload and stress experienced by healthcare workers (HCW) is a significant global concern. Mindfulness enables one to be aware of emotions, thoughts, and present moment experiences. Objectives: The primary objective of this research is to investigate the correlates between smoking, occupational stress, and mindful awareness levels, among HCWs within the private healthcare sector. This study was conducted at a tertiary-level university-affiliated hospital in Istanbul between January – February 2023. 208 HCW participated, yielding a response rate of 20%. The participants were requested to complete a 61-item questionnaire consisting of demographics, General Work Stress Scale(GWS), Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) and Test to Assess the Psychological Dependence on Smoking (TAPDS). Results: Smokers had significantly higher levels of mean GWS scores than nonsmokers. The mean MAAS scores of smokers were the lowest in the group with the highest scores of psychological dependence; it was highest in the group with the lowest scores. A negative correlation was found between general work stress and mindful awareness levels and between psychological dependence on smoking and mindfulness levels. HCWs aged 45 and older had significantly lower general stress than others. Conclusion: This study showed that the general work stress levels of smoker HCWs were higher than those of nonsmokers. Mindful awareness level was the lowest in the group, with the highest scores in psychological dependence on smoking. There was a negative correlation between psychological dependence on smoking and both work stress and mindful awareness levels. This study demonstrated that high work stress and low mindful awareness levels are not only related to each other but also to high psychological dependence on smoking.

Flexibility and Overtime Among Hourly and Salaried Workers: When You Have Little Flexibility, You Have Little to Lose

Background: plantation activities in the form of harvesting and caring for oil palm require energy or labor or a heavy workload because at the time of these activities' workers need a lot of stamina or energy, especially the production department or harvester section. In connection with these stages, careful handling is needed to prevent work accident disorders including psychosocial disorders in the form of work stress. To anticipate the occurrence of work stress, workers need to be given an understanding of occupational safety and health (K3) through knowledge of factors that cause work stress.
 Research Methods: quantitative with the type of research that is analytic survey using cross sectional approach. The population in this study were workers harvesting oil palm PT. Cipta Davia Mandiri in East Kutai Regency, totaling 176 people. The sample is 122 respondents. Data analysis using the Chi-Square test.
 Results: there was an effect of age on the level of work stress in oil palm harvesting workers (p value: 0.000 <: 0.05). There is an effect of working period on the level of work stress on oil palm harvesting workers (p value: 0.000 <: 0.05). There is an effect of workload on the level of work stress on oil palm harvesting workers (p value: 0.013 <: 0.05).
 Conclusion: age, period of work and workload are factors that cause work stress levels. It is recommended that harvesters avoid work stress, need to create a decent work environment by fostering a family atmosphere and attitude and find solutions to solve problems.

Gender/Sex Differences in the Relationship between Psychosocial Work Exposures and Work and Life Stress.

Background: Work stress is a serious problem that must be dealt with because workers who experience work stress will experience emotional feelings, discomfort at work, and frustration, which can affect their work at work. Therefore, laughter therapy is the right and cheapest way to relax tense muscles to reduce work stress. This research aimed to understand the effect of laughter therapy on reducing stress caused by work on administrative staff.Methods: This research used the Quasi-Experiment method. The sample in this study was 20 staff of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta divided into control and intervention groups containing ten people, respectively. The sampling technique was random sampling. The intervention group got laughter therapy three times a week in 1 week. Meanwhile, the control group was directed without treatment. These stress levels were measured at pre and post-test using a modified work stress questionnaire from NIOSH. The statistical test that was used was the Wilcoxon test and the Man Whitney test.Results: The average distribution of the work-stress level at the pre-test stage was 22.7 and at the post-test stage was 21, with the p-value 0.883 (p> 0.05). In the intervention group, the average distribution of the total stress level at the pre-test stage was 20.8 and at the post-test stage was 18.5, p-value 0.203 (p> 0.05). This means that there was no significant difference between the pre-test and post-test stress levels in the control and intervention groups. The Mann-Whitney test results show a decrease in the p-value in the comparison of the average pre-test (p=0.705) and post-test (p=0.448) in both groups.Conclusion: Laughter therapy can reduce work stress in the intervention group, but the decrease does not show statistical significance. Work stress levels have decreased more in the group that has received laughter therapy than those who have not received laughter therapy.

Purpose: Work stress among community pharmacy employees arises from high workloads, patient demands, and complex responsibilities, impacting both their well-being and the quality of patient care. This study examined job stress levels and related factors among pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2022 with 154 participants from community pharmacies in Niğde, Türkiye. Data were collected using a sociodemographic form and the Swedish Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire. Results: Work stress was reported by 81.3% of pharmacy technicians and 11.1% of pharmacists. While no pharmacists experienced high levels of work stress, 22.0% of pharmacy technicians reported high work stress. Social isolation stress was observed in 78.2% of pharmacy technicians and 31.7% of pharmacists. Notably, 20.1% of pharmacy technicians reported high social stress, whereas no pharmacists did. Overall, pharmacy technicians exhibited moderate levels of both work and social isolation stress, consistently higher than those of pharmacists. Factors associated with increased work stress included being a pharmacy technician and longer daily working hours, while social isolation stress was significantly associated with being a pharmacy technician, worsening general health, fewer cohabitants, and non-smoking status. Conclusion: Pharmacy technicians experience higher levels of work-related stress compared to pharmacists. Reducing daily working hours and overall workload is recommended as a potential strategy to alleviate stress in this group.