Investigating the Status of Factors Leading to Job Stress According to ILO Checkpoint in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences

Background and Objective: With respect to the importance of job stress in causing diseases and disorders among workers, the purpose of this study was to examine the staff's opinion on the level of implementation and prioritization of the most important stressors among Hamadan University of Medical Sciences (UMSHA) staff. Materials and Methods: The present study was quantitative and descriptive in design. The research population was UMSHA staff, that among whom 250 were selected by simple random sampling method. Research tool was ILO Stress prevention checkpoints. Data analysis was done by SPSS 18.0 software (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA). Results: The results showed that staff opinion about the priority of intervention about the causes of stress are as follows: leadership and justice at work (32%), job security (32%), job control (29%), job demands (26%) and recognition (22%). Also staff opinion about the stressful factors that are not running are as follows: leadership and justice at work (52%), job demands (57%), job control (53%), social support (57%), physical environment (62%), work–life balance and working time (60%), recognition at work (58%), protection from offensive behavior (58%), Information and communication (59%). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, factors related to leadership and justice at work, job control, job demands, job security and recognition at work are main factors that managers should pay attention to them to reduce job stress.