WORK STRESS OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL AT VIBHARAM PAKKRET HOSPITAL, NONTHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to 1) Study the stress factors of medical personnel at Vibharam Hospital. 2) Study the level of work stress of medical personnel at Vibharam Hospital. The sample group used in this research was 30 people, consisting of 19 professional nurses and 11 nursing assistants. This research was a descriptive research. The instruments used were questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the study of personal factors found that most of the sample groups were nurses and nursing assistants, accounting for 63.3 percent and 37.7 percent, respectively. Most were female, accounting for 93.3 percent, aged between 20 and 30 years, accounting for 53.3 percent, single status, accounting for 70 percent, most had a bachelor's degree, accounting for 63.3 percent, all Buddhists, most had no children, accounting for 83.3 percent, working age was 1-5 years, accounting for 60 percent, and 5-10 years, accounting for 23.3 percent, and found that only 6.7 percent had chronic diseases. It was found that the stress levels in various aspects had 4 aspects. It was found that the overall stress levels of the personnel in all 4 aspects had a slight stress level ("X" ̅ = 2.54) namely 1) The nature of work in the organization ("X" ̅ = 2.58), 2) The role and responsibility aspect ("X" ̅ = 2.60), 3) Interpersonal relationships aspect ("X" ̅ = 2.47) and 4) Health aspect at work ("X" ̅ = 2.50) Each aspect was found to have a slight stress level, respectively, which was consistent with the statistical significance level at 0.05 (p < .05).