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- Title
ESTRESSE OCUPACIONAL NA ASSISTÊNCIA DE CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS EM ONCOLOGIA.
- Authors
Rodrigues dos Santos, Naira Agostini; dos Santos, Juliano; Ribeiro da Silva, Vagnára; Pereira Passos, Joanir
- Abstract
The aim of the present study was to identify signs of occupational stress in nursing professionals that provide palliative care to patients with cancer. It is a descriptive and cross-sectional investigation that examined 105 nurses and nursing technicians from a hospital focused on palliative care in oncology in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data collection was carried out through the application of a questionnaire related to sociodemographic variables and the Work Stress Scale and took place from April to July 2015. Fifty-eight percent (n = 61) of the professionals presented a low level of occupational stress, 41% (n = 43) reported a moderate intensity of stress and 0.9% or one participant declared to experience a high degree of stress. The variables related to stress were age and time of professional training. The outcomes suggest that, despite being exposed to stressful factors such as pain, suffering, and death, the studied professionals use effective coping strategies to reduce stress perception.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; ONCOLOGY nursing; CANCER patients; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; JOB stress; PALLIATIVE treatment; QUESTIONNAIRES; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Cogitare Enfermagem, 2017, Vol 22, Issue 4, p96
- ISSN
1414-8536
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5380/ce.v22i4.50686