Nurse stress at two different organizational settings in Alexandria

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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the sample under study

Characteristic	Shark Al Madina (120)		Karmouz (170)		X^2
	No.	%	No.	%
Age
Less than 30 years	58	48.3	81	47.6	0.46
30–40	32	26.7	41	24.1
40–50	18	15.0	29	17.1
50+	12	10.0	19	11.2
Marital status
Married	71	59.2	121	71.2	4.53*
Not married	49	40.8	49	28.8
Educational level
Baccalaureate	28	23.3	2	1.2	37.37*
Diploma	92	76.7	168	98.8
Income
Enough	39	32.5	42	24.7	2.12
Not enough	81	67.5	128	75.3
Years of experience
Less than 10 years	47	39.2	69	40.5	5.74
10–20	52	43.3	54	31.8
20–30	16	13.3	37	21.8
30+	5	4.2	10	5.9
Department
Renal dialysis	5	4.2	6	3.5
Outpatient	49	40.9	35	20.6
Operating theatre	22	18.3	29	17.1
Inpatient surgery	10	8.3	49	28.8
Inpatient medicine	18	15.0	36	21.2
Casualty	10	8.3	6	3.5
Intensive care	6	5.0	9	5.3

Note:

* p < 0.05.

Table 2 Mean stress dimension score

	Shark Al Madina (120)		Karmouz (170)		Test of significance
Stress dimension	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Workload	2.1	0.9	2.3	0.8	−2.11*
Work underload	1.6	0.7	1.6	0.7	0.73
Change in workload	2.4	0.9	2.3	0.8	−2.11*
Unrealistically high expectations by others of my role	2.5	0.8	2.0	0.7	−2.03*
Coping with new situation	2.7	0.6	2.5	0.7	1.69
Uncertainty about degree of responsibility	2.4	0.7	2.4	0.8	0.42
Security of employment	2.7	0.6	2.5	0.7	1.78
Exposure to death	2.0	0.8	2.2	0.7	−1.65
New technology	2.4	0.7	2.4	0.8	−0.23
Shortage of staff	1.8	0.7	2.0	0.9	−1.38
Working conditions	2.1	0.8	2.1	0.9	−0.15
Privacy	2.2	0.7	2.2	0.8	0.69
Shortage of resources	1.7	0.8	2.0	0.9	−1.38
Shortage of support staff	1.9	0.8	2.0	0.9	−0.95
Difficult patients	2.5	0.7	2.4	0.8	0.75

Note:

* p < 0.05.

Table 3 Stepwise multiple regression results

Variable	Beta (β)	Standard error	P value
Shark Al Madina hospital
Workload	1.38	0.21	0.0001
Security	5.04	0.33	0.0001
Shortage of support staff	3.39	0.23	0.0001
Constant	9.51	1.19
Karmouz hospital
Security	4.78	0.26	0.0001
Shortage of resources	3.66	0.21	0.0001
Constant	13.89	0.87

Notes: R² Shark Al Madina Hospital = 0.77, F = 133.3, p < 0.05; R² Karmouz Hospital = 0.76, F = 276.8, p < 0.05.