Current Status of Occupational Stress among Medical Staff in Shenzhen, China and Related Influencing Factors

Objective To investigate the current status of occupational stress in medical staff in Shen-zhen, China, and to provide a reference for developing health administrative policy and reducing occupational stress in medical staff.Methods From January to June, 2018, a cross-sectional survey was performed in 992 medical workers who were selected from 2 municipal hospitals and 2 district hospitals by stratified random sampling.General information was collected, Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised Edition was used to inves-tigate occupational stress, and univariate and multivariate analyses were performed based on a descriptive analysis of related results.Results For the medical staff in Shenzhen, the scores of Occupational Role Ques-tionnaire, Personal Stress Questionnaire, and Personal Resources Questionnaire were 185.67±17.55, 108.45± 15.56, and 122.74±16.56, respectively.Age, degree of education, type of work, job title, professional title, and permanent or temporary job were influencing factors for occupational task (P<0.05); age, working years, type of work, and night shift were influencing factors for personal stress response (P<0.05); working years, type of work, professional title, and weekly working hours were influencing factors for personal coping re-sources (P<0.05).Conclusion There is a high degree of occupational stress among medical staff in Shenzhen, and it is recommended to improve medical resources in Shenzhen, reduce occupational stress among medical staff, and increase coping resources.