Objective To assess the status of the occupational stress among health professionals in community health service centers of a district in Shanghai.
Methods Four hundred and forty KARASEK's job content questionnaires(JCQ) were given to the health professionals and 426 of them finished the questionnaire, giving the response rate of 96.8%.
Results Three hundred and eleven health professionals were found to have high level of occupational stress(74.5%). Higher occupational stress was found among 30~45 age group(OR=2.22, comparing with over 45 age group), family income between 1 000 and 3 000 Chinese Yuan group(OR=1.70, comparing with the group of family income over 3 000 Chinese Yuan), and rotating shift necessary group(OR=1.51, comparing with unnessary group).
Conclusion Health professionals in Shanghai community health service centers had higher occupational stress, which was mainly influenced by job category, age, family income, working hours per week, and rotating shift system. Better health policies are necessary to relieve their working stress for better protection of their health.
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