IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-7-3-14639 Original Research Paper The work stress, a phenomenon experienced by almost all of the doctors and nurses of the health structures of the City of Lubumbashi (DRC) K.C. Dr. MUDONGO T.H. Dr. March 2018 7 3 01 02 ABSTRACT

 

The objective of this study is to show that almost all of the doctors and nurses of the institutions of health of the City of Lubumbashi (in DRC) experiment the professional stress. This study adheres to the proportional laminated sample led on 562 subjects (N=562), among which 432 nurses and 130 doctors. The data were collected by a questionnaire, then encoded in Microsoft Excel and analyzed via Epi Info software version 7.2 of 2016 and SPSS 19.0 of 2012. Our hypothesis was tested on base (basis) of the test of chi–square. Considering the Odds ratio and the confidence interval (CI) of 95 % in the interpretation, the results indicate that 95.6% of caregivers investigated live this phenomenon and this real–life experience is almost on a daily basis. In conclusion, the health structures work with a large number of stressed doctors and nurses who have the patients‘ lives in their hands, which raises the questioning of the quality of care given to the patients (by stressed caregivers).