Determining Of The Job Stress Level And Its Effects Among Nurses Working During Hajj Season In Hospitals In The Makah At Saudi Arabia 2023

Abstract

Background

Job stress has become a major problem in recent period particularly in nursing profession. Work stress is the second prevailing problem related to health. The background of critical care areas is extremely hectic and stressful, that result from frequent emergencies, extraordinary high-tech complexity, and absorption of severely wounded patients subject to abrupt alterations in their health condition. Stress in the hajj season seems to be at its peak because nurses have consecutive 15 shifts and handling a high numbers of multicultural and multilingual patients. In previous publications, we have reported that medical staffs work during the hajj undergo high levels of pressures and stress on the quality of life. The pressures seems to be counteracted by increase time for rest and relaxation, no anxiety, optimal self-efficacy, good sleeping quality,  these previous results suggest an optimal adaptation of these medical staffs work to the demanding situations that occur during the hajj season .The consequences of [1]compassion fatigue are not limited to the personal well-being of medical staffs work but are also associated with Pilgrims outcomes, increased thoughts and higher job turnover rates. Aim of the study: To determining of the Job Stress Level and Its Effects among Nurses Working during Hajj Season in hospitals in the Saudi Arabia 2023 . Methods: Across sectional descriptive study conducted among medical staffs work about quality of life during the hajj season, working in the at hospitals and primary health centers, Makah, during July and August  2023 ,  Our total Sample size of  medical staffs work  participants were (200) . Results: shows that the highest proportion of participants age 26-30 years (37.0%) nationality the majority of participant Non-Saudi were (65.0%) the years of professional experience  the majority of participant more than 12 year were (47.0%), regarding the job designations the majority of participant  residents were (43.0%) but specialist were (38.0%), while consultants were (19.0%).Conclusion:  Overall job stress level is moderate among nurses in all critical care areas in our hospital. It is associated with a variety of personal and institutional factors and it needs further studies to detect its effects on patients care and outcome. Although definitions of mass gatherings  vary greatly, they consist of large numbers of people attending an event at a specific site for a finite time associated with the Hajj (an annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia) is clearly the best reported. Hajj routinely attracts 2·5 million Muslims for worship.