Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies among Healthcare Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of stress among healthcare professionals, and to study coping strategies adopted to deal with stress. This is an observational study of a cross-sectional type. A self-administered survey was used to determine the personal and professional characteristics. The Perceived Stress Scale to assess the level of perceived stress. The Ways of Coping Checklist to measure coping strategies. The Perceived Stress Scale shows that the study population is susceptible to stress. Problem-focused coping emerged as the most frequently used coping process for coping with stress. The results lead us to question the importance of coping strategies and to propose effective solutions, the use of new technology is recommended for coping with stress.

Psychometric Properties of the Maslach Burnout Inventory Adaptation and Validation among Moroccan Mathematics Teachers

“…• Depersonalization (DP) composed of 5 items (5,10,11,15,22) and (result between 0 and 30). • Personal Accomplishment (EE) composed of 8 items (4,7,9,12,17,18,19,21) and (result between 0 and 48).…”

“…This inconsistency of these items could be explained by the characteristics of the teaching profession, and also the nature of the mathematics subject taught which constitutes, great learning difficulty and it is very often related to high stress [19].…”