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Aquichan
Print version ISSN 1657-5997On-line version ISSN 2027-5374
Abstract
SILVA, Márcia Daiane Ferreira da; E SILVA-JUNIOR, Fernando Lopes; ROBAZZI, Maria Lucia do Carmo Cruz and GOUVEIA, Márcia Teles de Oliveira. Reducing Work-related Stress in Nursing Personnel: Applying an Intervention. Aquichan [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.3, e2134. Epub Sep 30, 2021. ISSN 1657-5997. https://doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2021.21.3.4.
Objective:
To compare the levels of ex-post-facto stress between nursing personnel who participated in an educational intervention with nursing personnel on work duties, within the hospital work environment.
Materials and method:
This was an observational and cross-sectional study. The final sample was composed of 30 nursing personnel, with 15 of them composing the group exposed to the intervention and 15 being selected by simple random sampling to compose the unexposed group. The intervention consisted of a program focused on the employees, structured in four sessions, applied in a course format twice a week, and lasted two months. The Student's t-test for independent samples and the Mann-Whitney U-test were used to compare the groups.
Results:
Using the Mann-Whitney U-test, the stress levels could be compared between the groups, and a statistical difference in stress levels was observed between the control group (3.34 ± 0.71 a.u.) and the intervention group (2.52 ± 0.59 a.u.) (p = 0.002; d = 1.26).
Conclusions:
Comparing the general stress levels between the groups, it was found that the intervention significantly decreased the stress levels in the participants; it was also possible to identify the mental stressors faced by the participants using the Scale of Stress in Professionals.
Keywords : Psychological stress; occupational stress; occupational health; intervention; mediation analysis; nursing.