Table 2: The
most and least identified stressful events by the participants.
|
Stress items |
Mean |
SD |
|
The most stressful events |
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|
Dealing with physical and verbal abuse from patients or
others |
2.83 |
0.39 |
|
Insufficient training to work with difficult patients |
2.16 |
1.00 |
|
Dealing with potentially suicidal patients |
2.13 |
1.19 |
|
Having to deal with disturbed and unpredictable patients |
2.12 |
1.35 |
|
Having to meet the demands of too many patients |
1.98 |
1.26 |
|
The least stressful events |
||
|
Discrepancy between job description and what are expected
to do |
0.96 |
0.86 |
|
Having to deal with colleagues who do not do their share
of workload |
1.09 |
0.89 |
|
Dealing with disagreements within the team about
patients’ treatment |
0.98 |
|
|
The lack of adequate financial reward for the job |
1.15 |
0.65 |
|
Not being notified of changes before they occur |
1.16 |
1.02 |