Title :
Work-Related Stress and Depression Susceptibility for the Sanitarian Manpower in Country
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
This study aimed to identify the stressors among sanitarian manpower in country and understand their influences on their well being and productivity. Study subjects came from Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Sichuan, for a total of 37 rural hospitals, 222 health care workers.Content analysis shows that employees suffered a range of work stress which was mostly uncontrollable and unavoidable. Negative impact to their other areas of life was revealed. Depressive symptoms prevailed among our respondents. Further research efforts are suggested.
Keywords :
employee welfare; health care; industrial psychology; occupational health; personnel; productivity; Henan; Jiangsu; Shandong; Sichuan; depression susceptibility; health care workers; productivity; rural hospitals; sanitarian manpower; well being; work-related stress susceptibility; Educational institutions; Employment; Hospitals; Human factors; Industrial psychology; Medical services; Occupational stress; Packaging; Productivity; Quality assurance;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2901-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2902-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5163766
