Occupational stress, social interactions at work, psychological well-being, and coping methods of nurses and midwives in Ghana's Catholic Health Service Western Region were explored in this study. The study used a quantitative research approach and followed a positivist research ethic. The investigation was conducted using a descriptive cross-sectional study design. A total of 300 nurses and midwives (nurses = 237; midwives = 63) were chosen from four Catholic hospitals in Ghana's Western Region. A questionnaire based on Nurses' Occupational Stress Scale was used to collect information from participants, with Ryff's Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PWB 18 items) used to measure psychological wellbeing, the Coping Strategies Inventory (CSI-SF, 1989) used to measure the type of coping strategies used, and the Worker Relationship Scale developed by Biggs, Swailes, and Baker (2016) used to measure the level of social relations. The one-sample t-test, Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficients, one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, regression, t-test, and ANOVA were used to analyse the data. The study found that nurses and midwives in the Western Region of the Catholic Health Service have significantly higher levels of stress, positive psychological wellness, and favourable work-related social relationships. Occupational stress was also found to be marginally and weakly linked to psychological well-being and workplace social interactions in the study. According to the findings, nurses and midwives employed both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping techniques in dealing with occupational stress, however problem-focused coping strategies were utilised more frequently. Furthermore, the findings of the study revealed that psychological well-being and social ties at work have a substantial impact on nurses' and midwives' experiences of occupational stress. Occupational stress has a substantial impact on the psychological well-being of nurses and midwives, according to the findings. It was suggested that the Ministry of Health hire Counselling Psychologists for all Ghanaian health institutions in order to satisfy the counselling needs of nurses and midwives, as well as other health workers in general. In addition, the Ministry of Health and its agencies should dispatch sufficient nurses and midwives to areas where they are most needed and guarantee that they report to those locations. Workshops on coping methods, social interactions, and psychological well-being will be offered to nurses and midwives, as well as ongoing professional development.
Author(s) Details
Eric Kwasi Elliason
Department of Counselling and Wellbeing, Modal College, Sogakope, Ghana.
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