Abstract

SILVA, Jéssica Martins da  and  MALAGRIS, Lucia Emmanoel Novaes. Perception of stress and stressors in nurses of a university hospital. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.1, pp. 71-88. ISSN 1808-4281.

This study evaluated the perception of stress and stressors of nurses at a university hospital and collected suggestions for actions to relieve stress. Descriptive, cross-sectional qualitative and quantitative study with 70 nurses from different hospital units. The Bianchi Stress Scale was used and an open question was applied. The quantitative data were analyzed using the SPSS program and descriptive and inferential analyzes were used. For qualitative data, the Bardin content analysis technique was used. The results indicated that most of the participants (67%) had a medium level of stress. Domain B (activities related to the proper functioning of the unit) had the highest average stress score in all units studied. The mean stress level of nurses who performed leadership was significantly higher than the average of those who did not (p = 0.002). The thematic area "Better conditions for work" was the most cited as a suggestion to relieve stress. The data obtained indicates that the current situation of precariousness of the hospital is related to the nurses' stress. It is considered that the study allowed a broad understanding on the stress and stressors of hospital nurses and subsidies for further studies.

Keywords : stress; stressors; nurses; universitary hospital.

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