فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: In recent years, much attention has been paid to occupational stress, but relatively little or no research has beenconducted on the influence of knowledge, attitude, and practice of radiation protection (RP-KAP) on job stress among radiationworkersObjectives: This study aims to assess job stress among health care workers in Iran who are occupationally exposed to radiation inorder to determine the effects of KAP on self-protection against radiation on their job stress.Materials and Methods: The population in this descriptive cross-sectional study comprised 670 healthcare workers, including 428staff with a degree in radiology and 242 other medical personnel who were working in 16 hospitals affiliated with Tehran Universityof Medical Sciences (TUMS) in Tehran, Iran. The census method was used to sample the workers. In total, 264 staff with a degree inradiology and 149 other medical personnel completed the job content questionnaire (JCQ) and the RP-KAP questionnaire from Mayto November 2014.Results: The prevalence rate of job stress was 22.5% basedoncalculation formulas and possible scoresonthe JCQ. Sex, RP-knowledge,attitude, practice, and in-service training predicted 41.8% of the variance in job stress. According to the results of the binary logisticregression, workers with higher scores on knowledge (OR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.75 - 0.90), attitude (OR = 0.71, 95% CI: 0.63 - 0.82), andpractice (OR = 0.78, 95% CI: 0.72 - 0.86) and those who had participated in training programs had significantly lower rates of jobstress (OR = 0.51, 95% CI: 0.28 - 0.93).Conclusions: The effects of RP knowledge, attitude, and practice on job stress were significant. In order to reduce job stress inradiation environments, ongoing training programs related to self-care and protection principles are recommended.