Stress in Emergency Healthcare Professionals: The Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale

Ángel García-Tudela, Agustín Javier Simonelli-Muñoz, José Miguel Rivera-Caravaca, María Isabel Fortea, Lucas Simón-Sánchez, María Teresa Rodríguez González-Moro, José Miguel Rodríguez González-Moro, Diana Jiménez-Rodríguez and Juana Inés Gallego-Gómez
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Ángel García-Tudela: Department of Urgency and Emergency, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, 30120 Murcia, Spain
Agustín Javier Simonelli-Muñoz: Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
José Miguel Rivera-Caravaca: Department of Cardiology, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB-Arrixaca), CIBERCV, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, University of Murcia, 30120 Murcia, Spain
María Isabel Fortea: Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain
Lucas Simón-Sánchez: Department of Urgency and Emergency, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, 30120 Murcia, Spain
María Teresa Rodríguez González-Moro: Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain
José Miguel Rodríguez González-Moro: Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, 28805 Madrid, Spain
Diana Jiménez-Rodríguez: Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Juana Inés Gallego-Gómez: Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 7, 1-10

Abstract: Background: Healthcare workers are continuously exposed to a high level of stress, especially emergency department professionals. In the present research, we aimed to determine the internal consistency and validity of the Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale for in-hospital and out-of-hospital emergency workers. Methods: A quantitative, prospective, cross-sectional, and observational study including 269 emergency service professionals. Results: The scale was composed of 21 items, with a Cronbach’s α value of 0.908. The hospital workers (38.4 ± 10.8 vs. 35.1 ± 9.9, p = 0.014) and women (39.3 ± 11.4 vs. 34.2 ± 8.6, p < 0.001) had higher levels of stress. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the scale were adequate. Conclusion: In the present study, including in-hospital and out-of-hospital emergency workers, the Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale presented appropriate usefulness, internal consistency, and validity, with optimal predictive ability. Higher levels of anxiety, female gender, being less optimistic, and working in hospital emergency departments were related to increased stress levels. Further studies are warranted to validate our results and potentially extend the Stress Factors and Manifestations Scale to other contexts.

Keywords: nursing; stress; anxiety; optimism; emergency department professionals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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