Objective To understand the status quo of occupational stress of physicians in Inner Mongolia, and analyze its influencing factors.
Methods This study adopted a cluster random sampling method to select physicians from secondary (n=8) and tertiary (n=12) hospitals in Inner Mongolia.Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised Edition was used to assess occupational stress of the participants.The influencing factors of occupational stress were analyzed by t test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple linear regression.
Results Male, high salary, and working for 10-20 years, and frequent night shifts were the factors for elevated occupational role scores of the participants (P<0.05).Male, postgraduate, long working hours per week, frequent night shifts, high salary, and intermediate job title were associated with higher personal strain scores (P<0.05).Male, undergraduate, short working hours per week, low salary, junior job title, and short working years were associated with higher personal resources scores (P<0.05).The scores of Occupational Role Questionnaire and its dimensions (except for working environment) as well as Personal Strain Questionnaire and its dimensions of the physicians were higher than those of the corresponding researcher norms (P<0.05), whereas, the scores of Personal Resources Questionnaire and its dimensions were lower than those of the corresponding researcher norms (P<0.05).The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that:the independent contributory factors of occupational role were gender, frequency of night shift, salary, job title, and length of service (F=32.70, P<0.001, R2=0.178); the independent contributory factors of personal strain were gender, education, salary, job title, length of service, frequency of night shift, and working hours per week (F=16.951, P<0.001, R2=0.196); in addition, the independent contributory factors of personal resources were gender, education, job title, salary, working hours per week, and length of service (F=26.614, P<0.001, R2=0.146).
Conclusion The occupational stress of physicians in Inner Mongolia is high.Therefore, countermeasures for the identified contributory factors are required to protect the health of physicians.
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