Background: Work-related stress is the response when workers are presented with demands incongruent with their knowledge and abilities, challenging their ability to cope. Healthcare workers face a wide range of stressors and are at a high-risk of burnout, which may eventually affect quality and safety care. Objective: This study aimed to determine the incidence of perceived occupational stress among the employees of Western Visayas Sanitarium. Specifically, it looked into their demographical profile and determined their perceived stressors, stress responses, and social support. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional research design. Descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson r, Cramer’s V, t-test , ANOVA) were computed using IBM-SPSS v.20 and Microsoft 365 Excel pivot tables. Results: The study revealed that over-all stress level of respondents is low. It has been shown that job stressor has a significant relationship with stress responses and that low social support is correlated to high stress responses. Quantitative overload, physical workload, and mental demand were identified as top job stressors. Conclusion This study revealed that job stress was higher among younger age groups. Gender has no significant relationship in measuring job stress. Single employees exhibited more job stress than married ones. Management policies should be drafted to address stressors identified in this study to prevent stress and possible burnout among employees. A follow-up study with the same respondents may be conducted to find out if change has occurred after some intervening measures to address occupational stress have been instituted.
Occupational Stress