Prevalence of Job stress and its Associated Factors among Universiti Putra Malaysia Staff
- Author:
Okonkwo Mukosolu
;
Faisal Ibrahim
;
Lekhraj Rampal
;
Normala Ibrahim
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Job stress;
Prevalence of stress;
Stress associated factors;
University staff
- MeSH:
Quality of Life;
Stress, Physiological
- From:Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences
2015;11(1):27-38
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Introduction: Stress in the work place is a global major risk factor to worker’s health, which triggers
the workers to be poorly motivated and less productive. Objectives: The objective of the study was to
determine the prevalence of job stress and its associated factors among Universiti Putra Malaysia staff.
Methods: This is a cross sectional study involving 511 academic and non-academic staff of Universiti
Putra Malaysia in Serdang. Probability proportionate to size was used for calculating the required sample
size. Results: The overall prevalence of stress was 21.7% (21.0% among male and 23.0% among
female). The variables found to be significantly associated with stress were: Job demand, coworker
support, depression, anxiety, focus and venting of emotion and self-blame (p<0.05). The findings
revealed that UPM staffs are exposed to a range of specific stressors such as work stressor: job demand,
lack of social support such as co-worker support and supervisor support, psychological stressors such as
depression and anxiety, coping such as focus and venting of emotion and self-blame. Work stressor such
as job demand was the main predictor of stress (p value = 0.001). Conclusion: The overall prevalence
of job stress was 21.7%. The predictors job stress were job demand, lack of support from co-worker and
supervisor, depression, anxiety and use of avoidance focused coping.
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