Stress of nursing professionals working in pre-hospital care

ABSTRACT Objectives: To analyze the factors related to the occupational stress of a Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) nursing team. Methods: This is a descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, performed with nursing professionals from Samu service of a city of Pernambuco. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Lipp’s Stress Symptom Inventory were used. Results: The participants presenting stress (24.6%) were classified in the phases: resistance (19.7%), exhaustion (4.4%) and near exhaustion (0.5%). It was also observed an association of stress level with the following factors: gender, sleep quality, professional autonomy restriction, emotional exhaustion with work performed and work in inadequate or unhealthy physical facilities. Conclusions: Although showing low occurrence of stress, this study pointed out the profile that presents the highest risk of developing occupational stress, through the factors significantly associated with stress in the studied population.摘要 研究目的：分析移动急救服务（Mobile Emergency Care Service，简称Samu）护理团队的职业压力相关影响因素。 研究方法：本研究为定量描述性研究，纳入巴西伯南布哥州某城市Samu服务的护理专业人员作为研究对象，采用社会人口学问卷与利佩普压力症状量表（Lipp’s Stress Symptom Inventory）开展调研。 研究结果：本研究中出现压力症状的参与者占比为24.6%，其压力阶段可划分为抵抗期（19.7%）、衰竭期（4.4%）及接近衰竭期（0.5%）。此外，研究还观察到压力水平与以下因素存在显著关联：性别、睡眠质量、职业自主权受限、因工作引发的情绪衰竭，以及在不合格或不健康的物理工作环境中开展工作。 研究结论：尽管本次研究中职业压力的整体发生率较低，但本研究通过分析受试人群中与职业压力显著相关的各类影响因素，明确了职业压力发病风险最高的人群特征。