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- Title
Effect of stress management on job stress of intensive care unit nurses in hospitals affiliated to the University of Medical Sciences.
- Authors
Behzadi, Somayeh; Alizadeh, Zahra; Samani, Neda Khalili; Ghasemi, Afsaneh; Fereidouni, Zhila; kargar, Leila; Rostami, Khatereh
- Abstract
Introduction and Background. Stress is one of the crucial life phenomena in the present century. Long-term or high stresses affect various aspects of our lives. Nurses' job stress seriously affects patients and their families. One of the most effective methods in teaching stress management strategies. This study aims to reduce nurses' job stress by teaching coping strategies. Methods. This clinical trial study was adopted to achieve the goal of the study. The data were collected from 60 nurses working in intensive care units of all hospitals. The data collection tool was the HSE job stress questionnaire. Results. It was found that there was no significant difference between the experimental and control group in demographic information (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the mean score of the job stress before the intervention in both groups. But after the intervention, a significant decrease was revealed in the mean score of the job stress of the treated group as compared to that of the control group (P<0.0001). Conclusion. The study concludes that stress management is very effective on job stress of Intensive Care Unit Nurses.
- Subjects
STRESS management; JOB stress; HOSPITAL wards; INTENSIVE care nursing; UNIVERSITY hospitals; INTENSIVE care units; PATIENTS' families
- Publication
Archivos Venezolanos de Farmacología y Terapéutica, 2021, Vol 40, Issue 8, p824
- ISSN
0798-0264
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5281/zenodo.5791329