Stress and coping among consultant physicians working in Saudi Arabia
Autor: | Fahad Dakheel Alosaimi, Hossam Saleh Alawad, Ayedh Khalaf Alamri, Abdullah Ibrahim Saeed, Khalid Ayidh Aljuaydi, Alwaleed Sami Alotaibi, Khalid Munawir Alotaibi, Eiad Abdelmohsen Alfaris |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Zdroj: | Annals of Saudi Medicine, Vol 38, Iss 3, Pp 214-224 (2018) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 0256-4947 0975-4466 |
DOI: | 10.5144/0256-4947.2018.214 |
Popis: | BACKGROUND: Exposure to stressful working conditions without adequate stress-coping strategies may lead to stress and even psychiatric morbidity. There are a dearth of studies on stress-coping strategies among consultant physicians in the Arabian Gulf. OBJECTIVES: Determine stress-coping strategies among consultants in Saudi Arabia and the relationship of strategies to level of stress. DESIGN: Analytical cross-sectional study. SETTINGS: Conducted between November 2014 and March 2015 among physician consultants registered at the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Text messages were used to directly ask consultants to complete an online questionnaire. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The 28-item Brief COPE inventory and the Perceived Stress Scale. SAMPLE SIZE: 582. RESULTS: The consultants were largely males (71%) and Saudi (56%), and their mean age was 46.9 (7.9) years. Adaptive stress-coping strategies were more frequently used than maladaptive stress-coping strategies (68% versus 49%). Stress levels were positively correlated with maladaptive stress-coping strategies (r=0.41, P |
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