Abstract:
The purpose of this descriptive study was to explore level of occupational stress and related factors among Registered Nurses at Relief and Community Health Bureau, The Thai Red Cross Society. A cross-sectional design was employed with participation of 133 Registered Nurses at Relief and Community Health Bureau, The Thai Red Cross Society. Research instruments included personal factor questionnaire, occupational stress questionnaire, factors associated with the occupational stress, and social support questionnaire. Most subjects were female. Approximately 60.9% among subjects had low level of occupational stress. the study found significant differences between registered who had income sufficiency have significant differences occupational stress (p < 0.01). All work factors were moderately correlated with occupational stress included role-related factor(r = 0.489, p < 0.001), personnel relationship factor (r = 0.468, p < 0.001), organization characteristic factor (r = 0.424, p < 0.001), work characteristic and responsibility factor (r = 0.420, p < 0.001), work environment factor (r = 0.409, p < 0.001), career advancement opportunity and morale factor (r = 0.401, p < 0.001), compensation and benefit factor (r = 0.376, p < 0.001) , and work life balance factor (r = 0.355, p < 0.001). Social support factors were correlated with occupational stress included social activity support factor (r = -0.341, p < 0.001), news and information support factor (r = -0.315, p < 0.001), and emotional support factor (r = -0.287, p < 0.01). Predictor variables for occupational stress of registered nurses are role-related factor (Beta = 0.43), emotional support factor (Beta = -0.19), and adequacy of income (Beta = -0.17), all accounting for 30% (R2 = 0.30, p < 0.05) These results can be applied in reducing occupational stress for registered nurses by enhancing appropriate role-related factor and increasing emotional social support in order to reduce occupational stress and increase work efficiency.