title: The impacts of occupational risks and their effects on work stress levels of health professional (The sample from the Southeast region of Turkey).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was performed to determine the occupational risks and their effects on the work stress of the health professionals working in state hospitals in the Southeast of Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional and descriptive study was composed of 360 health professionals of the Pazarcık, Ergani, and Şehitkamil State Hospitals between December 2014 and January 2015. The data of the study were obtained by performing the survey which was composed of questions related to the socio-demographic characteristics, factors that were thought to affect the occupational risks and job stress, as well as, the questions of the Work Stress Scale. The analyses of the data have been performed using Student's t test and one-way analysis of variance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The working hours, the number of being on-duty, insomnia, and burnout in health professionals were determined to be with the highest mean scores among other stressful risks and hazards. The mean work stress level, which increases the success by creating the group-stimulus effect, was indicated as 2.4 and 2.5 for the health professionals in Pazarcık and Ergani State Hospital, respectively. However, the stress level which poses a threat for the group-health and efficiency was found to be 4.0 for the health professionals of the Şehitkamil State Hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As the exposure of the occupational risks increases in the health professionals, the work stress scores also increase (p < 0.05). The occupational risks and work stress of the health professionals in the Şehitkamil State Hospital should be evaluated in terms of occupational health and safety.
authors.affiliation: Zirve University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziantep, Turkey. nulutasdemir@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Nilgün
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ulutaşdemir
authors.affiliation: Selahaddin Eyyubi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Habip
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Balsak
authors.affiliation: Pazarcık State Hospital, Director of Health Care Services, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özlem
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Berhuni
authors.affiliation: Zirve University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.affiliation: Ayla ALEVLİ Family Health Center, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ataşalan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Health professionals; Occupational health and safety; Occupational risk; Southeast region; Work stress