OBJECTIVE: To evaluate levels of occupational stress and work engagement among primary health care workers. METHOD: A descriptive, correlational and transversal study was carried out in a small municipality in the countryside of São Paulo, with a non-probabilistic sample of convenience, with 85 workers. Three self-applied instruments were used: one developed by researchers, containing sociodemographic variables; Work Stress Scale (WSS) and Utrech Work Engagement Scale (UWES). RESULTS: Prevalence of women (72.6%), 40 years old or more (45.9%), 4 years and 4 months of mean working time in primary care. Thirty-one workers (36.5%) presented significant stress (scores ≥2.5). Work engagement showed a mean of 4.1 (±1.2) to 4.4 (±1.4), classified as high in all dimensions. Occupational stress and work engagement correlated negatively. CONCLUSION: Workers presented high levels of work engagement; more than one-third had significant occupational stress. Workers with high levels of occupational stress tend to have lower work engagement.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate levels of occupational stress and work engagement among primary health care workers. METHOD: A descriptive, correlational and transversal study was carried out in a small municipality in the countryside of São Paulo, with a non-probabilistic sample of convenience, with 85 workers. Three self-applied instruments were used: one developed by researchers, containing sociodemographic variables; Work Stress Scale (WSS) and Utrech Work Engagement Scale (UWES). RESULTS: Prevalence of women (72.6%), 40 years old or more (45.9%), 4 years and 4 months of mean working time in primary care. Thirty-one workers (36.5%) presented significant stress (scores ≥2.5). Work engagement showed a mean of 4.1 (±1.2) to 4.4 (±1.4), classified as high in all dimensions. Occupational stress and work engagement correlated negatively. CONCLUSION: Workers presented high levels of work engagement; more than one-third had significant occupational stress. Workers with high levels of occupational stress tend to have lower work engagement.
Authors: Lorena Mihaela Muntean; Aurel Nireștean; Cosmin Octavian Popa; Elena Gabriela Strete; Dana Valentina Ghiga; Andreea Sima-Comaniciu; Emese Lukacs Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-03-02 Impact factor: 3.390
Authors: Luciano Garcia Lourenção; Bruno Martinez Rigino; Natalia Sperli Geraldes Marin Dos Santos Sasaki; Maria Jaqueline Coelho Pinto; Francisco Rosemiro Guimarães Ximenes Neto; Flávio Adriano Borges; Maria de Lourdes Sperli Geraldes Santos; José Gustavo Monteiro Penha; Daniela Menezes Galvão; Betânia Maria Pereira Dos Santos; Isabel Cristina Kowal Olm Cunha; Jacqueline Flores de Oliveira; Max Dos Santos Afonso; Carlos Leonardo Figueiredo Cunha; Francielle Garcia da Silva; Neyson Pinheiro Freire; Vagner Ferreira do Nascimento; Sidiane Teixeira Rodrigues; Taisa Moitinho de Carvalho; Messias Lemos; Juliana Lima da Cunha; Neide Aparecida Micelli Domingos Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-03-11 Impact factor: 3.390