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João Paulo Belini Jacques1, Renata Perfeito Ribeiro2, Alessandro Rolim Scholze2
1Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Residence in Perioperative Nursing. Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
Objective:
To compare occupational stress levels of nurse staff working in the surgical unit before and after the intervention "wellness room".
Method:
Quasi-experimental study with a sample of 60 nurse staff working in a surgical unit of a teaching hospital in the Southern Region of Brazil. The intervention was conducted in a room in the workplace for six months and consisted of sections of aesthetic care, relaxation, lectures and workshops to reduce occupational stress. Data were collected through the Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire before and after the intervention, and the comparative analysis was performed by the Wilcoxon test.
Results:
After the intervention, there was a decrease in demand and an increase in control and in the social support received at work in all professional categories, but the differences were not statistically significant.
Conclusion:
The intervention "wellness room" reduced occupational stress levels in the sample studied; however, it was not a significant decrease.
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