Relationship between Job Tension and Job Fatigue among the Nurses of the Educational-Medical Hospitals in Gorgan

Work stress is a negative physical and mental reaction that is the second most common work-related problem after musculoskeletal disorders. Fatigue is a state that occurs during a work period and because of that, a person loses his efficiency. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between job stress and job fatigue in nurses.

It was a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study that was conducted in teaching and therapeutic hospitals of Gorgan city including Sayad Shirazi Hospital, 5 Azar Hospital, and Taleghani Hospital in 2021.277 nurses were included in the study after random stratified sampling. Data were collected by OSIPOW job stress questionnaires and Swedish SOFI job fatigue questionnaires.

The mean score of job tension was 180.05 ± 23.4 that was classified as moderate to severe.    The highest score was related to the role workload dimension and the lowest was related to the physical environment dimension. The mean score of job fatigue was 53.18 ± 22.5 and was evaluated at a lower than average level. The highest score was related to the dimension of lack of energy and the lowest was related to the dimension of physical effort.

Considering the relationship between job stress and job fatigue, it is suggested to provide the necessary infrastructure and facilities to reduce the stress in nurses and provide training on how to deal with the stress to the hospital staff.