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Revista Cubana de Enfermería
Print version ISSN 0864-0319On-line version ISSN 1561-2961
Abstract
OVIEDO CORDOBA, Haidy Rocio; RIVAS CASTRO, Aneth and CABALLERO ZAMBRANO, Mónica. Sociodemography and stress on caregivers and nurses chronic patients. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.4, e1638. Epub Dec 01, 2018. ISSN 0864-0319.
Introduction:
Chronic diseases constitute today a problem of public health that are on the rise. Objective: To describe the characteristics and factors demographic partner stressors professional nurses.
Methods:
Descriptive study, quantitative, transversal, in a sample of 105 nurses working in institutions providing health of Santa Marta whose object is the care of patients with chronic disease, the instrument was administered of sociodemographic characterization and the scale of job stressors for nursing personnel "Nursing Stress Scale" information was processed using SSPS version 21, using statistical descriptive.
Results:
45.00 % of the nurses were in the age range between 31 and 40 years there was a predominance of the female gender, with a 88,00 %, 47,00 % has fixed-term contract, a 24,00 % to undefined term; for the majority of the interviewees labor relations produce a moderate tension.
Conclusions:
The presence of stress in nursing professionals who care for patients with chronic diseases has personal factors, labor and related to the direct care of their patients.
Keywords : Chronic disease; nurses; Caregivers; job stress.