Objective To understand occupational stress and social support of oil workers working in arid desertin Xinjiang.
Methods A total of 1 100 oil workers in arid desert were surveyed by self-designed general demo graphic questionnaire,Occupational Stress Inventory (OSI-R),and Social Support Scale (SSRS).
Results Except the role ambiguity (RA) scores (P > 0.05),the scores of work environment and individual stress response in the oil workers were higher than those of the normof skilled workers,while the scores of social support and rational cognitive (RC) were lower (all Ps < 0.001).The occupational role questionnaire (ORQ) scores varied among different age groups (P < 0.05);the results of pair wise comparison (LSD) analysis found that the ORQ score of the > 40 years old age group (149.31& #177;21.85) was lower than that of the 30-40 years old age group (153.05& #177;19.28)(P < 0.05).The personal resource questionnaire (PRQ) scores of the ≥ 10 years working age group (128.80& #177;16.18) were higher than that of the < 10 years working age group (126.74& #177;13.22)(P < 0.05).The scores of ORQ and personal stress questionnaire (PSQ) among the three groups were varied across the education degree categories,and the results of LSD showed that the junior high school and above group scored lower on ORQ (142.65& #177;21.22) and PSQ (118.04& #177;15.46) than the senior high school group (ORQ:149.11& #177;21.68;PSQ:153.52& #177;18.53,respectively) and the bachelor and above group (ORQ:128.17& #177;20.43;PSQ:129.26& #177;18.54,respectively)(P < 0.05).The scores of social support (38.56& #177;8.39) and support utilization (7.38& #177;1.78) in the high tension group were lower than those in the low tension group (44.08& #177;8.48;9.07& #177;1.80)(P < 0.05).The main factors affecting the oil workers' stress were role over load (RO),RA,physical environment (PE),recreation (RE),RC and support utilization.
Conclusion High occupational stress level is found in the oil workers working in arid desert environment in Xinjiang.It suggests to take targeted interventions toalleviate occupational stressgroup
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