Abstract
Purpose : This is to clarify whether or not the short-time interview combined with the questionnaire is useful to find out the stress states of those working in the medical system. Subjects and Method : Subjects were the newly employed 129 nursing workers of their mean age 22.6 ±1.1 years who answered the questionnaire (Brief Job Stress Questionnaire) given in July, 3 months after starting their work. Simultaneously a person-to-person interview was given for 15〜20 minutes each from 16 : 30 to 18 : 00 in the afternoon of weekdays by the occupational physician. The effect of interview was estimated from the changes in blood pressure and pulse measured before and after the interview and from the results of the profile of moods states (POMS). Results : Sixty-nine nursing workers out of 129 were interviewed. After the interview systolic and diastolic blood pressures and pulse rates decreased significantly. The POMS T scores of the subscales, 'Tension〜Anxiety', 'Depression', 'Anger〜Hostility', 'Fatigue' and 'Confusion' decreased significantly. From the above, objective intervention of the interview was noted effective. Furthermore, it was known feasible to find out a person with unfavorable mental health earlier by use of the result of POMS T scores obtained from the changes in profile patterns before and after the interview, which served as a guideline in giving them psychological counseling. Conclusions : The result of this study indicated a fact that it is useful to cope with stress states of medical giving them a short-time interview with the questionnaire.
