Job stressors among female physicians: relation to having a clinical diagnosis of hypertension.

Thirty-five female physicians with, and 74 without clinically-diagnosed hypertension completed the physician-specific Occupational Stress Index (OSI) questionnaire in Novi Sad. Adjusting for covariates including BMI, an OSI high-demand score above the mean yielded an odds ratio (OR) of 3.14 (95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.

[Identification and analysis of stress factors at nursing workplace: a comparative study of four clinical departments].

Introduction: Several studies show that nursing is, by its very nature, an occupation exposed to a high degree of stress. The main aims of the present research were to analyze the presence and to identify occupational stress factors and assess stress levels among nurses in clinical/hospital settings.

Material And Methods: The research was conducted as a cross-sectional study.

[Work stressors among physicians with and without the acquired cardiovascular disorders: assessment using the Occupational Stress Index].

The Occupational Stress Index (OSI) questionnaire for physicians was used in a case-control study, with a high participation rate (> 90%). The study was carried out among physicians employed at clinical institutions in Novi Sad, receiving their medical care at the health center situated within the Novi Sad clinical center. The cases were physicians with one or more of the acquired (potentially stress-related) cardiovascular disorders (ACVD) (myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, arterial hypertension and certain arrhythmias).

[Gender as a key effect modifier of the relationship between physician work stressors and the acquired cardiovascular disorders].

Unlabelled: To assess gender as an effect-modifier vis-â-vis exposure to work stressors and the acquired cardiovascular disorders (ACVDC).

Method: The Occupational Stress Index for physicians was used in a case-control study (>90% participation rate) among physicians in Novi Sad (Cases: 50 males and 51 females with ACVD, Referents: 46 males and 6l females without ACVD).

Results: Patterns of disease manifestation, sociodemography, risk factors, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) tendency and exposure to work stressors differed in male compared to female physicians with ACVD.

[A sense of responsibility in health personnel as a cause of work-related stress].

Introduction: Job stress is a great problem in developed countries of the world, but in Yugoslavia, it is increased due to additional reasons associated with economic crisis in the society. Health services and health workers are in particularly difficult conditions. The aim of this paper was to examine sources and causes of job stress in health workers.