Assessment of risk factors associated with work related stress among general practitioners and surgeons in Yerevan: a research grant proposal

Abstract

Stress at work place is one of the growing public health threats worldwide. WRS is negatively associated with individual and organizational level outcomes. Major risk factors of WRS described in the literature are: work demand, work control, support, workplace relationships, job role, change at workplace and home-work interface. WRS is also prevalent among health care professionals. WRS is well researched in Europe and in other high income countries. However, very little data is available for low-middle income countries, including Armenia. The proposed study aims to explore the risk factors of WRS among general practitioners and general surgeons working in Yerevan hospitals. Study findings could guide evidence based policy changes towards reducing stress in hospitals’ working environment. The design of proposed study is observational quantitative cross sectional survey. The calculated sample size is 612 - n1 (306) and n2 (306). Our sampling strategy will be probability proportional to size (PPS). The instrument of the study is a self-administered questionnaire, which include: Health and safety executive (HSE) questionnaire, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, self-related health, depression, workplace stress scales. Data collection will be followed by double entry and data cleaning. Multivariable logistic regression will be used to build a final model and predict risk factors of WRS among general practitioners and general surgeons in Yerevan hospitals.