Evaluation of effective factors on occupational stress in firefighting personnel

Job stress is one of the important social phenomenon’s in life and serious threat to the health workforce. Job Stress is caused when there is an imbalance between worker skills and job requirements. The purpose of this study was to Evaluation of effective factors on occupational stress in firefighting personnel. A cross-sectional and descriptive- analytical study was conducted in 50 man firefighters in sanandaj. After Basic data collection, national Institute of Mental Health job stress Questionnaire was used to assess job stress which consists of 3 sections interpersonal relationships, physical and environmental conditions and Job favorites. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS19. 86% of the studied personnel were married and 14% of them were single. Participants ‘ages category were 16% Less than 30 year, 52% between 30-40, 32% more than 40 year. Participants work experience category were 22% less than 5 years, 28% between 5-10, 30% between 10 15 and 20% had more than 15 years. Their mean job stress was 172.7 and was estimated high stress level and physical and environmental agent had the highest mean score of stress. Statistical analysis showed that job, work experience, and job satisfaction are significantly associated with job stress. It seems that firefighters were being at risk of job stress disorder and type of job and work experience is the main factors affecting it. Job stress can decrease job satisfaction.