Wodalo, Mitiku Kolcha (2014) Assessment of Work Related Stress and Associated Factors among Anesthetists in Addis Ababa Governmental and Private Hospitals. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
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 .
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2018 08:29 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2018 08:29 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7546 |
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