Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Stress has been recognized as serious health problem among nurses. It declines the
quality and standard of living with a great deterrence in health of its victims.
OBJECTIVES: To determine prevalence, severity and various stressors related to nurses everyday life.
METHODS: Hospital based analytical cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2015 to
December 2015 in two tertiary care teaching hospitals of Karachi. The study was carried out on 265
registered nurses, having valid license by Pakistan Nursing Council. The subjects were approached by
convenient nonprobability method. After taking written consent, semi-structured and pre-tested
occupational stress questionnaire was used to obtain the data about various stressors related directly
to nurse’s everyday life. Significant level was considered at a p value of 0.05.
RESULTS: The study results revealed that majority of studied nurses 160(60.4%) were female and 148
(55.8%) were married. 201(75.8%) had completed the diploma in nursing while 62(23.4%) had graduated
their Post RN BSN. Out of total sample, 26 (9.8%) nurses were working as a head nurse while 239 (90%)
as staff nurse. The study reveals through the participants’ data that everyday life stress falls into three
dimensions with their varying percentages as mild stress was found in 25.3%, moderate in 39.6% and
severe stress in 35.1% of the participants
CONCLUSION: The study result concluded that majority of nurses irrespective of their demographic
characteristic have moderate or severe everyday life stress which may put negative effects on their both
personal and professional responsibilities.
Badil, Hakim Shah, Syed Arif Ali, Muhammad Arsalan Siddiqui. (2017) Severity of Stress in Nurses Everyday Life in Karachi, Pakistan, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-16, Issue-1.
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