Determination of Secondary Traumatic Stress Levels of Healthcare Workers

Year 2022, Volume , Issue 16, 136 - 149, 30.04.2022

Gamze ÖZTÜRK Canan DEMİR BARUTCU

https://doi.org/10.38079/igusabder.989618

Abstract

Aim: Due to reasons such as excessive workloads of health workers and the insufficient number of employees, severe working conditions, shift work systems and long shift hours, working people have a high risk of suffering mental trauma. The study was conducted to determine the secondary traumatic stress levels of health workers.

Method: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted with 212 healthcare professionals. The “Sociodemographic Characteristics Form” and “Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale” were used as data collection tools.

Results: It was found that the secondary traumatic stress levels of health workers, the total score and the average score of the personnel working in internal units in all sub-dimensions were higher than the average of the medical personnel working in surgical units.

Conclusion: As a result, secondary traumatic stress levels of healthcare workers were found to be higher than average in our study. The unit of work, regardless of the level of health personnel is high secondary traumatic stress, and secondary traumatic stress symptoms, to prevent employees reduce stress, indirect initiatives to minimize trauma reactions are needed. It is also proposed to conduct new research that will determine these initiatives.

Keywords

Healthcare workers, secondary traumatic stress, hospital

Sağlık Çalışanlarının İkincil Travmatik Stres Düzeyinin Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Sağlık çalışanlarının iş yüklerinin fazla, çalışan sayısının yetersiz olması; çalışma koşullarının ağır olması, vardiyalı çalışma sistemleri ve uzun vardiya saatleri gibi nedenlerden dolayı çalışan bireylerin ruhsal travmaya uğrama riski yüksektir. Çalışma, sağlık çalışanlarının ikincil travmatik stres düzeylerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır.

Yöntem: Kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı nitelikteki bu çalışma 212 sağlık çalışanı ile yapılmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak “Sosyodemografik Özellikler Formu” ve “İkincil Travmatik Stres Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır.

Bulgular: Sağlık çalışanlarının ikincil travmatik stres düzeyleri, toplam puan ve tüm alt boyutlarda dâhili birimlerde çalışan personelinin puan ortalamasının cerrahi birimlerde çalışan sağlık personeline göre daha yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur.

Sonuç: Sonuç olarak çalışmamızda sağlık çalışanların ikincil travmatik stres düzeyleri ortalamanın üzerinde bulunmuştur. Çalıştığı birim ne olursa olsun sağlık personelinin ikincil travmatik stres düzeyinin yüksek olduğu ve ikincil travmatik strese bağlı semptomların ortaya çıkmaması için çalışanların yaşadığı stresi azaltacak, dolaylı travma reaksiyonlarını en aza indirgeyecek girişimlere ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Ayrıca bu girişimleri belirleyecek yeni araştırmalar yapılması önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Sağlık çalışanı, ikincil travmatik stres, hastane

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