Abstract
Objective: To compare the levels of ex-post-facto stress between nursing personnel who participated in an educational intervention with nursing personnel on work duties, within the hospital work environment. Materials and method: This was an observational and cross-sectional study. The final sample was composed of 30 nursing personnel, with 15 of them composing the group exposed to the intervention and 15 being selected by simple random sampling to compose the unexposed group. The intervention consisted of a program focused on the employees, structured in four sessions, applied in a course format twice a week, and lasted two months. The Student’s t-test for independent samples and the Mann-Whitney U-test were used to compare the groups. Results: Using the Mann-Whitney U-test, the stress levels could be compared between the groups, and a statistical difference in stress levels was observed between the control group (3.34 ± 0.71 a.u.) and the intervention group (2.52 ± 0.59 a.u.) (p = 0.002; d = 1.26). Conclusions: Comparing the general stress levels between the groups, it was found that the intervention significantly decreased the stress levels in the participants; it was also possible to identify the mental stressors faced by the participants using the Scale of Stress in Professionals.
Highlights
The number of studies in the scientific literature regarding the negative impacts of psychosocial factors on the onset of stress in the work environment, health, and well-being of employees is growing (1)
45 attended the course and 15 met the minimum requirement of 75 % participation, which composed the exposed group (EG) to the intervention; for the composition of the non-exposed group (NEG), 15 nursing personnel were selected from the use of a simple random sampling technique among the 87 participants who did not participate in the intervention, but who voluntarily took the pre-test and continued with their work activities
Regarding the employment profile of these healthcare providers, 67.7 % of the control group (CG) employees were employed in other jobs, while 86.7 % of the intervention group (IG) employees were employed in other jobs
Summary
The number of studies in the scientific literature regarding the negative impacts of psychosocial factors on the onset of stress in the work environment, health, and well-being of employees is growing (1). The literature expresses the onset of work-related stress for reasons intrinsic to the physical environment, conflicts with other healthcare providers, overload, and demands stemming from the work environment (2) As common as it may seem, the theme of stress in the workplace and how healthcare providers cope with it, nursing personnel act with little to no awareness of the stress they cope with during their work routine. A lack of knowledge exists regarding the stress process, which is essential for adequate coping, otherwise, stress may lead employees to physical and emotional exhaustion (3) In this context, the stress in the workplace can be understood as a strain on the human being’s dynamic balance generated due to changes occurring in the work environment (4). This instability generated, in turn, can develop a pattern of cognitive, behavioral, or physiological emotional responses, which are toxic and adverse components of the work content, resulting in low performance, low morale, high turnover, absenteeism, and violence in the workplace (5)
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