Resilience and the reduction of occupational stress in Nursing
Carmen Cristiane Schultz1, Christiane de Fátima Colet1, Eliane Raquel Rieth Benetti2
1Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Ijuí, RS, Brazil.
Objective:
to analyze the association between resilience and occupational stress of Nursing professionals from a general hospital.
Method:
an observational, cross-sectional study involving 321 Nursing professionals. The data collected were: socio-demographic and labour variables, stress and resilience, analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results:
54.5% of the participants presented moderate resilience and 36.4%, high; 73.5% were at risk of exposure to occupational stress; the relationship between psychological demands and professional category (p=0.009), between control over work and age (p=0.04), professional category (p<0.001), having a management position (p=0.009), being a specialist (p=0.006) and between social support and professional category (p<0.001), having a management position (p=0.03), daily working hours (p=0.03), being a specialist (p<0.001) were verified. There was an association between resilience Factor I - resolutions of actions and values and control over work (p=0.04) and social support (p=0.002).
Conclusion:
the Nursing professionals of a general hospital have moderate to high resilience which, associated with high control over their work and high social support, may contribute to the reduction of exposure to occupational stress.
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