Research Article

Stress levels and influencing factors in pediatric nursing

Volume: 8 Number: 3 May 30, 2025
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Stress levels and influencing factors in pediatric nursing

Abstract

Aims: Nurses are in frontline interaction with patients/healthy individuals and their relatives and other healthcare team members due to their professional roles. The impact of the pediatric patient has been emphasized as the most stressful factor among nurses, and critical events have been shown to increase stress significantly. In our study, we aimed to determine the stress factors, coping styles, and burnout levels of pediatric nurses working in different departments in Balıkesir Atatürk City Hospital, which is a tertiary hospital located in Balıkesir province and where referral acceptance and patient density are high. Methods: Between November 2024 and December 2024, the questionnaire was distributed face-to-face to volunteer participants after informing them about the survey. No sample selection was made in the study. The questionnaire was distributed to 110 people due to employees who were on leave on the dates of the study and who stated that they did not want to participate in the study. The statistics were realized with the data obtained from 96 people who completed the questionnaire properly. An introductory form including demographic data, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaire was applied. Results: 90.6% of the participants were female. The mean age was 33.2±8.7 years. 56% declared that they were married as their marital status. Of the volunteers included in the study, 47.9% had no children. The mean MB-emotional, MB-desensitization and MB-personal failure subgroups of the MBI were 21.7±7.4, 11.6±6.25 and 25.9±6.9, respectively. PSS was evaluated as 44.3±3.6. When the sub-dimensions of the MBI were examined, no significant results were found according to age and gender, and the results shown lead to the conclusion that there is burnout in nurses. While there was no difference between the number of children and burnout in the MB-Emotional Scale, MB-desensitization was found to be significantly higher in those who did not have children (p<0.05). MB-personal failure was not found to be significant between having children. Again, there was no statistical difference between the subgroups of the scales and marital status (p>0.05). Conclusion: When the department where the nurses worked and the scales were compared, it was found that the nurses working in the neonatal intensive care unit were statistically significant in terms of emotional burnout, while the desensitization subscale did not differ between the departments, and the nurses working in the pediatric emergency department were statistically significant in terms of personal failure. No significant difference was found between the departments in terms of the PSS. Nurses working in pediatric departments, especially in neonatal intensive care and pediatric emergency departments, are more at risk for emotional burnout and personal failure. It is thought that taking necessary precautions in the early period of burnout may contribute positively to individuals.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Paediatrics (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 30, 2025

Submission Date

February 21, 2025

Acceptance Date

May 24, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 8 Number: 3

APA
Çay, Ö. Ö., & Şahin Can, M. (2025). Stress levels and influencing factors in pediatric nursing. Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine, 8(3), 507-513. https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1644568
AMA
1.Çay ÖÖ, Şahin Can M. Stress levels and influencing factors in pediatric nursing. J Health Sci Med / JHSM. 2025;8(3):507-513. doi:10.32322/jhsm.1644568
Chicago
Çay, Özlem Özcanlı, and Merve Şahin Can. 2025. “Stress Levels and Influencing Factors in Pediatric Nursing”. Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine 8 (3): 507-13. https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1644568.
EndNote
Çay ÖÖ, Şahin Can M (May 1, 2025) Stress levels and influencing factors in pediatric nursing. Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine 8 3 507–513.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Ö. Çay and M. Şahin Can, “Stress levels and influencing factors in pediatric nursing”, J Health Sci Med / JHSM, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 507–513, May 2025, doi: 10.32322/jhsm.1644568.
ISNAD
Çay, Özlem Özcanlı - Şahin Can, Merve. “Stress Levels and Influencing Factors in Pediatric Nursing”. Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine 8/3 (May 1, 2025): 507-513. https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1644568.
JAMA
1.Çay ÖÖ, Şahin Can M. Stress levels and influencing factors in pediatric nursing. J Health Sci Med / JHSM. 2025;8:507–513.
MLA
Çay, Özlem Özcanlı, and Merve Şahin Can. “Stress Levels and Influencing Factors in Pediatric Nursing”. Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine, vol. 8, no. 3, May 2025, pp. 507-13, doi:10.32322/jhsm.1644568.
Vancouver
1.Özlem Özcanlı Çay, Merve Şahin Can. Stress levels and influencing factors in pediatric nursing. J Health Sci Med / JHSM. 2025 May 1;8(3):507-13. doi:10.32322/jhsm.1644568

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