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  • Stress in an Irish inner city emergency department revisited (2000-2006)

  • Tomás Breslin, John McInerney, John Sheehan, Dominick Natin, Mary Codd
  • Journal:
    Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine / Volume 27 / Issue 3 / September 2010
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    13 June 2014, pp. 135-137
    Print publication:
    September 2010
  • Objectives:

    Stress levels among staff in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Emergency Department were studied by questionnaire in 2000, which demonstrated a high level of self reported stress. The aim of this study was to ascertain if stress levels had reduced following changes in the department.

    Method:

    The study was repeated using the same questionnaire in 2006, after changes had occurred.

    Results:

    There was a significant reduction in the percentage of staff that reported they were under severe or unbearable stress, from 37% in 2000 to 10% in 2006 (p = 0.002). A total of 60% felt the social environment of their work was satisfactory in 2006 compared to 40% in 2000 (p = 0.03). Compared to 2000, a significantly lower proportion reported they had a low degree of control over their job, and a significantly higher proportion reported a medium level of control over their job in 2006 (p = 0.03).

    Conclusions:

    Compared with the results of the previous study, reported stress levels have reduced overall, which coincided with a significant increase in staffing levels in the department.