Abstract
BackgroundOccupational stress is a global health problem which affects employed personals especially health professionals. The burden of stress is not limited at individual level, but also affects the organizations productivity, the quality of care and country in large. In Ethiopia, little concern is given to this problem and individual studies conducted among health care professionals also showed inconsistent result. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the pooled prevalence of occupational stress and its associated factors among health care professionals in Ethiopia.MethodsArticles were searched from PubMed, Hinari, PsychInfo, Science direct databases, Google and Google scholar. A total of 10 studies were included in this review and meta-analysis. We used a standardized format for data extraction and STATA software version 13 for analysis. A random effect meta-analysis model was used to determine the pooled prevalence of occupational stress and I2 was used to check heterogeneity. Begg’s and Egger’s tests were conducted to detect publication bias. Furthermore, sensitivity and subgroup analysis was also conducted. Association was expressed by pooled odd ratio with corresponding 95% CI.ResultsThe pooled prevalence of occupational stress was 52.5 [95% CI: (47.03, 57.96)]. The heterogeneity test was I2 = 89.1% & P < 0.001. The result of the publication bias detection (Begg’s and Egger’s) tests were p = 0.283 and p = 0.369 respectively. Female sex was identified as a significant predictor for occupational stress with a pooled effect of 3.75 [95% CI: (2.58, 5.45)].ConclusionsAbove half of health care professionals had occupational stress. Being female was significantly associated factor in this review and meta-analysis. Therefore, introduction of policies supporting health care professionals well-being at work in Ethiopia are advisable.
Highlights
Occupational stress is a global health problem which affects employed personals especially health professionals
Different findings showed that individuals and organizations are largely affected by occupational stress
We identified sex [30, 32, 48, 49], marital status [30, 32, 39, 48], work experience [32, 39, 47, 49] and working unit as factors for occupational stress among health care professionals in Ethiopia
Summary
Occupational stress is a global health problem which affects employed personals especially health professionals. Different findings showed that individuals and organizations are largely affected by occupational stress Despite, it affects all employed professionals; the burden is too high among health care providers [4,5,6]. Occupational stress is a major reason for work related delay, absenteeism, hypertension, musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular disorders and substance use [7,8,9,10,11]. It is a major cause of mental disturbance, injuries and staff turnover [8, 12, 13]. Occupational stress is a second work related problem next to low back pain [21]
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