Assessment of Work Related Stress and Associated Factors among Anesthetists in Addis Ababa Governmental and Private Hospitals
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2014-08
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Addis Abeba University
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Background Anesthetists are prone to stress due to the nature of job and responsibility of
patient situations in perioperative .High levels of stress are believed to affect anesthetists' health
and performance. . If the stress is not dealt with effectively, feelings of loneliness, nervousness,
sleeplessness and worrying may result .Stress is the main problems that impends to delivery
quality anesthesia care in our set up, Stress is unavoidable but is not all bad. Too little stress
leads to sleep, boredom and increase concentration, whereas too much stress gives us a sense of
panic and tension. Acute and chronic stress is the most common form of stress in anesthetists
their profession. It comes from demands and pressures of the recent past and anticipated
demands and pressures of the near future, such as their job of providing anesthetics or attending
patient perioperative.
Objectives of this study to assesses the prevalence of stress and associated factors upon
anesthetists in AA.
Methods is cross-sectional quantitative was chosen in the duration of February to May 2014.
PSS(perceived stress scale structured questionnaires was developed and primary data collected
from AA anesthetists.
Results Two hundred four anesthetists were participated in study . The response rate of the
study was 97.3%, their age ranged from 20 to 59 years . The majority were male: 115(56.4%).
Study participant of 51%( N=204) with 95%CI(0.44 to0.578%) become stressed
Conclusion, More than half of the anesthetists in Addis Ababa governmental as well as private
hospital have defined work related stress. Statistically significant associated factors such as:-
Watching football games TV/DSTV(movies), greater than 15days night duty per month,
automatic mechanical ventilation non function at all, excessive physical and mental workload,
complexity of the task, responsibility of the patient with ethical decision and fear of harming
patient, mostly dissatisfaction on profession .
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Work , stress ,anesthetists