“A Study To Assess The Ocupational Stress And Contributing Factors Among The Icu Staff Nurses Working In Selected Government And Private Hospitals Of Sangli, Miraj, Kupwad Corporation Area”

Abstract

“A study to assess the occupational stress and contributing factors among the ICU Staff nurses
working in selected government and private hospitals of sangli, miraj, kupwad corporation area”.
OBJECTIVES: 1] To assess the occupational stress among the ICU staff Nurses working in selected
government hospital. 2] To assess the occupational stress among private ICU staff Nurses working in
selected private hospital. 3] To compare the occupational stress between selected government and private
ICU staff Nurses.4] To compare the mean of contributing factors of occupational stress among the
government and private hospitals. 5] To find out the factors contributing on occupational stress among
ICU staff nurses working in selected government and private hospitals. MATERIAL AND METHODS A
cross sectional descriptive design was conducted to assess the level of occupational stress and its
contributing factors. The Reliability coefficient “r” of the work place stress scale and semi structure
questionnaires was 0.76, hence it was found reliable. Total 100 samples were selected by convenient
sampling method. A work place stress scale and semi structure questionnaires 10 sample administer to
assess the occupational stress and its contributing factors among the ICU staff nurses of sangli district. The
conceptual framework based on system model theory. RESULT The study revealed that in the government
staff nurse group, 42% of them had no stress, 54% of them had fairly low stress, 4% of them had moderate
stress and no one had severe or dangerous level stress. In the private staff nurse group, 2% of them had
fairly low stress, 22% of them had moderate stress, 58% had severe and 18% had dangerous level stress.
The comparison of occupational stress of government ICU staff nurses average score was 16.32and private
ICU staff nurse’s average score was 27.44 and p value less than 0.05, shows significant difference. There is
statistically significant difference in mean score of contributing factors in government hospital personal
factors is more contributing and in private hospital financial factor is more contributing, CANCLUSION,
The chapter explain the analysis and interpretation of the data according to the objectives which was
conducted on 100 samples. This result describes the frequency and percentage of the level of occupational
stress and find out the contributing factors of government and private hospitals and Shows significant
difference in the occupational stress among the ICU staff nurses working in selected government and
private hospitals.