Objective To assess job stressors and working ability, as well as the associations with stress responses among oilfield workers working in arid desert environment in Xinjiang.
Methods A total of 1 425 oilfield workers were selected by cluster random sampling, with a mean age of (37.69& #177;7.68) years. Job stressors, working ability, and stress responses were measured by corresponding standardized scales. The comparisons between groups were analyzed by analysis of variance and Chi-square test. Multivariable linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the influencing factors of stress response.
Results The scores of participation, cooperation possibility, and work organization were highest among the oil transportation workers (P<0.05). The score of cooperation possibility of the refining-chemical workers was higher than that of the oil extraction workers and other types of oil workers (P<0.05). The score of time pressure of the drilling workers was higher than that of other types of oil workers (P<0.05). The oil transportation workers scored higher in task boundary, responsibility, personal strain, business strain, interpersonal relationship nervous, leisure, and self-care than the refining-chemical workers and other types of oil workers (P<0.05). No significant differences were found between the scores and the grading of working ability among different types of oil workers (P>0.05). Mission control, work organization, environmental stress factors, role overload, responsibility, working environment, and leisure were the main influencing factors of stress responses in the selected population.
Conclusion Job stressors such as mission control could in fluence stress response in the oil workers. Improving the condition of related job stress at work and increasing leisure time can le ssen stress response of the oil workers.
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