The Relationship between Perceived Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Nurses in Hospital Serdang: A Cross Sectional Study

Ali, Mohamad Firdaus (2021) The Relationship between Perceived Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Nurses in Hospital Serdang: A Cross Sectional Study. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Nursing profession always associate with occupational stress due to burnout, lack of staff and work on shift. These stressors if it happens in a long period it can give negative impact on nurses’ mental health. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between perceived occupational stress and mental health among nurses. Objective: To determine the relationship between perceived occupational stress and mental health among nurses in Serdang Hospital, Selangor. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 61 nurses in Hospital Serdang, Selangor as the respondents. A self-administered online survey was used in this study. The questionaire comprises three parts which are socio-demographic, Perceived Stress Scale-10(PSS-10) and General Health Questionnaire-28(GHQ-28). SPSS version 22.0 is used for data entry and analysis. Descriptive analysis, Pearson's correlation, independent T-Test and One-way independent ANOVA were used to evaluate the resulting data.. For this study, the independent variable is the perceived occupational stress while the dependent variable is mental health among nurses. Results: The mean age of the respondent was 27.59 ±4.51 years old, 83.6% (51) were female and 16.4% (10) and 67.2% (41) were married. About 82% (50) respondents were having moderate perceived occupational stress while 11.5% (7) experiences low and only 6.5% (4) of those were encounter with high perceived stress. The normal mental health status is about 27.9% (17) while abnormal is 72.1% (44). Respondents with the perceived occupational stress were showing a relation with the mental health status at (p=0.0001) (r = 0.448). Conclusion : As there is a significant link between perceived occupational stress and mental health in the study population, there is a need to raise awareness and improve stress management among the study population, as this may help to reduce the numbers and improve the mental health status of health care workers, particularly nurses. Keywords : Stress, occupational stress, mental health, nurses, awareness, Selangor

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2023 03:35
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2023 03:35
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1107

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