Abstract
The concept of stress has been a long and lingering topic of research for ages. Stress in nurses in particular is no exception. Occupational stress is the threats of a job that workers face in the line of duty. However, one cannot separate the stress that already exists in their individual lives from those they face in line of duty. It is, therefore, undoubtedly possible that the level of occupational stress recorded may not be solely occupational problems. This paper seeks to find out the level of stress in nurses of TTH and whether individual differences affect the stress levels of nurses taking gender, age and marital status into consideration. The study used the Wieman Occupational stress scale to measure stress level; t-test, One-Way and Three-Way ANOVA were used to determine the relationship between individual differences and levels of stress. Per the study, TTH records a mean score of 43.47 and an individual average score of 2.88 thus, 29% above normal stress level (baseline score: 33.75, 2.25 WOSS) indicating a generally high stress level among the nurses. A sample size of 452 revealed that there is a significant association between stress and gender (p = 0.041) and male nurses were more stressed than female nurses. There was also a significant association between age and level of stress (p = 0.00), where younger nurses (20 - 30 years) were more stressed than older nurses (30 - 40 years and above 40 years). However, no significant association was found between marital status and occupational stress. Although combined together, these three variables do not affect stress, the results for individual variables report the need for management and researchers to integrate individual differences when investigating or managing occupational stress.
Highlights
Stress is a feeling of emotional and physical tension in reaction to challenge or demand (Mediline Plus, 2020)
This paper only looks at three differences—age, gender, and marital status
The demographic data covers the gender, marital status, age, department and hours worked in a week of the respondents
Summary
Stress is a feeling of emotional and physical tension in reaction to challenge or demand (Mediline Plus, 2020). Occupational stress is of key interest to employers because of the known adverse effects on employee performance, productivity, job satisfaction and health as a whole (Moustaka & Constantinidis, 2010). It is the ongoing or progressing stress an employee experiences due to the responsibility and other pressures at the workplace (Bamboo, 2020). Everyone feels stress related to work, family, decisions, your future, and more, both physical and mental It is caused by major life events such as illness, the death of a loved one, a change in responsibilities or expectations at work, and job promotion, loss, or changes. Major workplace and personal stress are inevitable (Heathfied, 2019); if uncontrolled, it can lead to detrimental effects on the individual and the organization
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