Health Care : Current Reviews

PREVALENCE OF STRESS, ITS DETERMINANTS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG SAUDI MEDICAL CONSULTANTS

8^th World Congress on Healthcare & Medical Tourism

November 17-18, 2016 | Dubai UAE

Ayedh Khalaf Alamri

King Saud University, KSA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

Objective: To determine the perceived stress among consultants in Saudi Arabia and its associated risk factors, including personal and work-related stressors, as well as coping strategies and the available plus wanted resources to cope with this stress among medical consultants in kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study of all medical consultants registered at the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, conducted between February and March 2015. We used a self-administrated questionnaire that included socio-demographic characteristics, associated other risk factors, including personal and work-related stressors. In addition, the authors assessed the likelihood of stress with the perceived stress scale (PSS) and stress-coping strategies using the 28-item brief coping scale (BCS). questionnaire sent using Perceived Stress Scale -10 Result: 582 consultants completed all the study scales. The mean age of the participating consultants was 46.9±7.9 years. They were composed of approximately 71% males, 56% Saudi, and 93% married. The mean Perceived Stress score was 17.65±5.36 represented approximately 44% of the test maximum score while 33.8% had PSS score �20. Out of the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, stress level was significantly associated with younger age, female gender and Saudi nationality. Consultants with the highest stress level had the highest maladaptive stress-coping scores. Perceived stress had significant negative correlations with the scores of active coping, positive reframing, acceptance, religion, and overall adaptive stress-coping strategies. Overall maladaptive stress-coping strategies were highly used among younger age, females, Saudi, non-married, those who had psychiatric illness, and those who sleep less than 6 hours per day.

Biography :

Ayedh alamri, 4th year medical student at King Saud University, Collage of Medicine. 21 years old graduted from Alshokani High school at Riyadh city with 99% grade in 2011.

Email: ayedh.k.alamri21@gmail.com