Job Stress and Job Satisfaction among Health-Care Workers of Endoscopy Units in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

The management of job-related stress among health-care workers is critical for the improvement of healthcare services; however, there is no existing research on endoscopy unit workers as a team. Korea has a unique health-care system for endoscopy unit workers. In this study, we aimed to estimate job stress and job satisfaction among health-care providers in endoscopy units in Korea.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional survey of health-care providers in the endoscopy units of three university-affiliated hospitals in Korea. We analyzed the job stress levels by using the Korean occupational stress scale, contributing factors, and job satisfaction.

Results

Fifty-nine workers completed the self-administered questionnaires. The job stress scores for the e

SUBMITTER: Nam SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4895948 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature