Authors : Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar, Mahnaz Solhi, Ebrahim Elahi and Yaghoob Kalane Mehr
Abstract: Nurses are one of the groups bearing the highest occupational stress. The present study is aimed to specify the determinants of the use of occupational stress reduction methods as well as the relevant factors among the nursing personnel in Social Security Hospitals in Qazvin Province based on the protection-motivation theory. In the present, cross-sectional study, 110 subjects were selected using the simple random sampling method from among the nursing staff of the Social Security Hospitals of Takestan and Razi in Qazvin Province. Data collection tools included demographic questionnaire, Toft-Anderson’s Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) and the researcher-made protection-motivation theory questionnaire with 21 questions. Data analysis was performed using SPSS (Ver. 19) software as well as the analytical and descriptive tests. Different job positions were moderately stressful for 69.38% of the nurses. There was no relationship between occupational stress, age variables, working department and type of employment; however, there was a positive correlation between working shift (r = 0.63, p<0.01) and education level (r = 0.32, p<0.01) while the subject’s stress level and job background (r = -0.35, p<0.01) were negatively correlated. Furthermore, there was positive correlation between efficacy and perceived severity (r = 0.57, p<0.01) and also between motivation and self-efficacy (r = 0.58, p<0.01), efficacy (r = 0.50, p<0.01) and behavior (r = 0.31, p = 0.01) while there was negative correlation between costs and self-efficacy (r = 0.33, p = 0.03), efficacy (r = -0.33, p = 0.03) and behavior (r = -0.57, p<0.01). It is necessary to plan effective interventions based on the protection-motivation theory in order to use the occupational stress reduction methods among the nurses.
Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar, Mahnaz Solhi, Ebrahim Elahi and Yaghoob Kalane Mehr, 2017. Determinants of the use of Occupational Stress Reduction Methods Among Nursing Staff Based on Protection-Motivation Theory. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 11: 130-137.