Análise do estresse ocupacional em profissionais da saúde no setor de unidade de terapia intensiva

Abstract

Stress is a chronic disease that in the long term can cause incapacity to work, generating expenses, loss of income and anticipation of retirement. In this context, the present study observed the stress of nursing professionals in a hospital ICU. The research is a quantitative, observational and descriptive study that was developed through electronic forms, using the Job Stress scale (1988, Tores Theorell, Sweden), data collection took place with health professionals such as nurses and nursing technicians working in the intensive care unit. Results in this work were mapped the most relevant factors that cause occupational stress in nursing workers in hospital ICUs, among them, the work overload and the short time to develop the tasks proved to be important factors to generate stress in professionals. Conclusion We consider that the result presented by the professionals of this study, according to the occupational stress model studied, are in the quadrant of active workers, classified as a group of exposure to occupational stress, this aspect can be justified, as the degree of control can indicate a measure of autonomy, freedom to use skills, compensating for the negative effects arising from high psychological demands, this being an important theme for academic training and as future health professionals.