title: [Tool for measuring occupational stress: a nurses' stress inventory].
abstract: We present an exploratory study aiming at constructing an inventory to measure occupational stress in nurses ("Inventário de Estresse em Enfermeiros"--IEE). A set of items was initially constructed from previously defined categories based on interviews with nurses and then improved through semantic analysis by referees and a pilot-test with nursing students. A sample of 461 nurses--workers from the public services of the Federal District--who answered the IEE was used in the study. Factorial analysis indicated the presence of a second-order global factor and three first-order factors: Interpersonal Relationships, Stressful Career Roles and Intrinsic Job Factors.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Goiás, T-65-no 964-Ap. 904-Ed. Ilhas Canárias-Setor Bueno-74230-120-Goiânia-Goiás-Brasil.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Stacciarini
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Tróccoli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis*