The correlation between occupational stress andbiomarkers for nurses
| Autor: | Yi-Chen Chiang, 蔣宜珍 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 105 Nursing has been considered a profession with high level of stress. Nurses with longer tenure may have some impact on their health, increased burnout and intent to leave their job. However, there is not much information available on this topic. The purpose of this research is to understand if occupational stress has any impact on some of the biomarkers of nurses. This research used purposive sampling and recruited 60 nurses participating in this study. All nurses were from medical centers and regional hospitals in Taipei city and New Taipei city. All participants filled out the Nurse Occupational Stressor Scale, self-perceived stress level and had their urinary Cortisol, 8-OHdG level being collected at 7 AM to 8AM for three consecutive days. The JMP version 10.0 statistical software was used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics including demographic, the distribution of nurse’s occupational stress and biomarker. Chi-square test was used to identify the correlation between occupational stress and biomarker of nurses. The result indicated that nurses thought they have moderate or severe stress, and the mainly stressor is work load. And shift was significant associated to Cortisol and 8-OHdG level. But there was no significant associated to occupational stress and biomarker. It might have been due to the small sample size and the relatively short half-life of Cortisol and 8-OHdG in nature, no signicant correlation was found in this study. A larger scale longitudinal study to compare the biomarker level on off day and work day or before work and after work is strongly suggested if the association between occupational stress and biomarker is to be determined. |
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