Influence Of Occupational Stress On Quality Of Life In Medical Personnel

ObjectiveTo evaluate the occupational stress, quality of life, and the effect ofoccupational stress on quality of life in medical personnel in Zaozhuang area.MethodsA total of1086medical staff was selected in three hospitals in Zaozhuangby using of cluster random sampling. All subjects were interviewed viaoccupational stress inventory-revised edition (OSI-R) and MOS36-item shortform health survey(SF-36) that included information on socio-demographiccharacteristics, occupational background information, occupational stress andquality of life.T test and one-way analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) was used tocompare the occupational stress and quality of life for medical personnel withvarious characteristics by using of SPSS13.0statistical analysis software.Meanwhile, correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis wereused to assess the relationship between occupational stress and quality of life.ResultsThe occupational role and personal strain in men were higher than women(P <0.05). The occupational stress was not the same among various agegroups (P <0.05), and occupational role and personal strain were the strongestin30~40years old. The score of personal resources was the highest in≥50years old with smallest personal strain. There was significant difference ofoccupational stress in medical staff with different educational background (P <0.05), with strongest occupational role and personal strain in underpostgraduate or above. The score of occupational stress in doctors wassignificantly higher than nurses (P <0.05). The distribution of occupationalstress in various divisions was statistical different (P <0.05), and occupationalrole was highest for medical staff in pediatrics and emergency department,moreover, The personal resources was smallest for doctors and nurses inintensive care unit.A significant difference was observed for quality of life among differentgender, age groups, educational background and divisions (P <0.05). Thesocial function and mental health were significantly higher in women than men(P <0.05). The score of role physical and role emotional was smallest in20~30years old, and general health, vitality, social function, mental health wassmallest in30~40group (P <0.05). The general health, social function andmental health was lowest for medical staff with under postgraduate or above (P<0.05). Physical health in nurses was significantly lower than doctors (P <0.05).The lower physical health and mental health existed in emergency departmentand intensive care unit, respectively (P <0.05).It was indicated by multiple linear regression analysis that the majorinfluencing factors for physical health and mental health were different.Occupational stress was inversely associated with quality of life. The score ofphysical component summary and mental health will decrease with theincreasing of score of occupational role, personal strain and personal resources(P <0.05).ConclusionsNot only the state of occupational stress, but also the quality of life isdifferent among medical staff with different gender, age, academic career,division, position. The worse quality of life is associated with higheroccupational stress，and the major influencing occupational stress factor of quality of life for doctors is different from nurses. It is important to relieve theoccupational stress for improving the quality of life of doctors and nurses.