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Sedigheh Ebrahimi
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Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018;30:51.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40557-018-0262-8
Published online: August 8, 2018
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• Received: January 29, 2018 • Accepted: August 1, 2018
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Fig. 1 The average score of stress of residents in various specialties
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Occupational stress among medical residents in educational hospitals
| Effective factor | Descriptive Statistics | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Mean score of total stress | SD | |||
| Rotation in specialty | rotating | 189 (60.8%) | 156.5 | 18.2 | 0.832 |
| non- rotating | 122 (39.2%) | 156.1 | 18.8 | ||
| Hours of rest during the on-call shifts | < 2 h | 83 (27.76) | 157.7 | 16.7 | 0.428 |
| ≥ 2 h | 228 (73.3%) | 155.8 | 19.0 | ||
| Time to eat healthy meals | enough | 142 (45.7%) | 155.2 | 18.9 | 0.047 |
| not enough | 169 (54.3%) | 158.9 | 17.3 | ||
| Specialty fields | Surgical | 164 (52.7%) | 162.7 | 18.4 | < 0.001 |
| Internal medical | 147 (47.3%) | 149.2 | 15.6 | ||
| Having on-call shift | On-call | 295 (94.9%) | 157.5 | 18.0 | < 0.001 |
| No on-call | 16 (5.1%) | 134.8 | 10.6 | ||
| Hours of work per week | ≥ 80 h | 182 (82%) | 158.6 | 17.9 | < 0.001 |
| < 80 h | 56 (18%) | 145.9 | 17.0 | ||
| (Baseline characteristics of residents) Variables | Frequency (percent) | Average of total stress | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | < 31 year | 118 (37.9%) | 153.85 | 0.03 |
| ≥ 31 years | 193 (62.1%) | 157.87 | ||
| Gender | Female | 140 (45%) | 153.87 | 0.009 |
| Male | 171 (55%) | 159.37 | ||
| Marriage | Single | 125 (40.2%) | 157.68 | 0.30 |
| Married | 186 (59.8%) | 155.45 | ||
| Having children | With child | 79 (25.4%) | 154.65 | 0.345 |
| No child | 232 (74.6%) | 156.92 | ||
| Smoking | smoker | 35 (11.3%) | 155,94 | 0.890 |
| nonsmoker | 276 (88.7%) | 156.40 | ||
| Parameters Statistical Index PGY | Number (percent) | Mean total stress(SD) | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGY-1 | 88 (28.3) | 151.1 (13.2) | 123 | 182 |
| PGY-2 | 97 (31.2) | 156.2 (17.7) | 111 | 197 |
| PGY-3 | 72 (23.2) | 158.7 (19.2) | 121 | 198 |
| PGY-4 | 54 (17.4) | 162.1 (23.5) | 109 | 198 |
| Total | 311 (100) | 156.4 (18.3) | 109 | 198 |
| Stressor sub-categories | Level of stress against individual stressor domain | Average score stress | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild (10 to 50) | Moderate (20 to 29) | High (30 to 39) | Severe (40 to 50) | Total | ||
| Frequency (%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | |
| Workload | 3 (1) | 57 (18.3) | 166 (53.4) | 85 (27.3) | 311 (100) | 35.09 |
| Role-inadequacy | 0 (0) | 110 (35.4) | 197 (63.3) | 4 (1.3) | 311 (100) | 31.14 |
| Role ambiguity | 9 (2.9) | 145 (46.6) | 151 (48.6) | 6 (1.9) | 311 (100) | 29.51 |
| Role conflict | 4 (1.3) | 154 (49.5) | 149 (47.9) | 4 (1.3) | 311 (100) | 29.71 |
| Responsibility | 19 (6.1) | 130 (41.8) | 106 (34.1) | 56 (18) | 311 (100) | 30.87 |
| Total | 0 (0) | 120 (38.6) | 191 (61.4) | 0 (0) | 311 (100) | 156.35 |
Table 1 The relation between total stress and each of effective factors on it
Table 2 The average of total occupational stress according to the baseline characteristics of residents (N = 311)
Table 3 The Correlations between the total stress and Residency Post Graduate Year (PGY)
Table 4 The average of total stress according to the Stressor sub-categories affecting residents
