%0 Journal Article
%T A study on the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and job stress and satisfaction among healthcare workers in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic.
%A Tuna H
%A Türkmen OO
%A Albayrak S
%J Arh Hig Rada Toksikol
%V 74
%N 1
%D Mar 2023 1
%M 37014686
%F 2.078
%R 10.2478/aiht-2023-74-3672
%X The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic characteristics that affect job stress and job satisfaction in 454 healthcare workers (physicians, nurses, midwives, technicians, and other healthcare personnel) working with COVID-19 patients in primary healthcare institutions in Turkey with a cross-sectional, web-based survey between 9 and 30 August 2021. The survey included a personal information form, a standard job stress scale, and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. The levels of job stress and job satisfaction did not differ between male and female respondents. Singles reported lower job stress and higher job satisfaction than the married respondents. Job stress did not differ between departments, but respondents on the front line who worked in a COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) (at any point and/or at the time of the study) or the emergency department reported lower job satisfaction than those working in other departments. Similarly, while stress did not differ by educational status, satisfaction of respondents with bachelor's or master's degree was lower than that of the rest. Our findings also suggest that working in a COVID-19 ICU and age are significant predictors of higher stress, whereas lower education, working in a COVID-19 ICU, and being married are good predictors of lower satisfaction. Further research should include other sociodemographic variables that may affect stress and satisfaction at work, and similar studies should follow up to see what was left in the wake of the pandemic.<BR>Cilj je ovoga presječnog ispitivanja bio utvrditi sociodemografske karakteristike koje utječu na profesionalni stres i zadovoljstvo u 454 zaposlenika (liječnika, medicinskih sestara, bolničara, primalja, tehničara i drugih) u ustanovama primarne zdravstvene skrbi u Turskoj tijekom pandemije bolesti COVID-19. Ispitanici su od 9. do 30. kolovoza 2021. odgovarali na online upitnik, koji se sastojao od osobnih podataka, standardne ljestvice za ocjenu profesionalnoga stresa i od Minnesotskoga upitnika o zadovoljstvu. Razine profesionalnoga stresa i zadovoljstva nisu se razlikovale među spolovima. Ispitanici koji nisu u braku iskazali su niži stres i višu razinu zadovoljstva od onih u braku. U pogledu profesionalnoga stresa nije uočena razlika između odjela, ali su ispitanici na prvoj crti izloženosti, tj. oni koji su ikad radili ili rade s pacijentima oboljelima od bolesti COVID-19 na odjelu intenzivne njege (u trenutku ispunjavanja upitnika) odnosno na odjelu hitne pomoći, iskazali slabije zadovoljstvo poslom od ispitanika koji su radili na drugim odjelima. Isto tako nije bilo razlika u razinama stresa između ispitanika prema obrazovnom statusu, ali su ispitanici s najvišim obrazovanjem (bakalaureat, magisterij i više) iskazali slabije zadovoljstvo poslom od ostalih. Kad je o pretkazateljima stresa riječ, najznačajniji su rad na COVID-odjelu intenzivne njege i dob koji su, uz brak, također najznačajniji pretkazatelji nezadovoljstva poslom. Buduća bi istraživanja trebala obuhvatiti i druge sociodemografske varijable koje mogu utjecati na profesionalni stres i zadovoljstvo, a valjalo bi i nastaviti pratiti te parametre kako bi se vidjele promjene nakon proglašenja prestanka pandemije.