Workplace Stress

OBJECTIVE: This paper incorporates the analysis of online journal articles to assess the possible stressors which the healthcare workers experience in Nigeria and the effect of stress on their health.AIM:To identify possible stressors which the healthcare workers in the mentioned region are exposed to and establish a recommendation METHODS: Papers dealing with stress related health problems within Nigeria are presented. There were only two publications found in these topic and setting. Both are presented separately including methodology, results and main findings. RESULTS: Result from the first publication by John et al., (2015) which is titled “Work-related stress among healthcare workers in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross Rivers State, Nigeria: a study of sources, effects and coping strategy” shows that there is a significant relationship between work related stress on healthcare workers and service delivery, work overload and increase in work stress and poor managerial relationship and staff attitude to service delivery. Result from the second publication by Moyoyinola (2008) titled “Effects of Job Stress on Health, Personal and work Behavior of Nurses in Public Hospitals in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria”, shows that job stress has a significant effect on physical and mental health of nurses. It also demonstrates that there is a significant difference in personal and work behavior of highly stressed nurses and less stressed nurses. CONCLUSION: Analysis of the data from the two publications listed above lead to a conclusion that workplace stress occurs regularly among healthcare workers in Nigeria due to; shortage of manpower within healthcare settings, underpaid and overworked staff and insufficient working conditions.BSc/BAnépegészségügyiangolnappalig