Hassan Chtibi¹, Ahmed Ahami¹, Fatima Zahra Azzaoui¹, Abderezzak Khadmaoui², Khaoula Mammad¹, Charles Mottier³, Philippe Wallon⁴

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¹ Unit of Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience and Nutritional Health, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco.
² Genetics and Biometrics Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco.
³ SARL Selection and Advice, Nyon, Switzerland.
⁴ INSERM Saint Rémy lès Chevreuse, Paris, France.
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Abstract: Occupational stress presents a major public health problem. It is the subject of many works in Morocco and in the world. Our work focuses on the study of stress resistance among nurses and physicians working in services at Ibn Sina Hospital in Rabat, Morocco. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between resistance status, burnout and level of psychological distress. A self-questionnaire is provided to all respondents. It includes questions about socio-demographic and professional, clinical, also neuropsychological tests such as the stress resistance test (CTRS), the burnout scale (MBI) and the general health questionnaire (GHQ12). This study shows that 42% of nurses and physicians have a high level of emotional exhaustion, high level of depersonalization affects 49% of nurses and physicians and subjects with low professional achievement account for 67% and 54% of nurses and physicians suffer from psychological distress. The stress test reveals that 88% of subjects have a low or moderate level of stress resistance and only 12% have good resistance. Thus, our study sheds new light on the understanding of stress at work by using new measurement and evaluation methods such as TRS, with the aim of reducing or eliminating the impact of occupational stress in hospitals.

Keywords: Work Stress, Resistance, Burnout, Psychological Distress, Nurses, Physicians, Risk

Cite this paper: Chtibi, H. , Ahami, A. , Azzaoui, F. , Khadmaoui, A. , Mammad, K. , Mottier, C. and Wallon, P. (2018) Study of Resistance to Stress and Burnout among Public Health Professionals: The Case of Nurses and Physicians at Ibn Sina Hospital in Rabat Morocco. Open Journal of Medical Psychology, 7, 34-46. doi: 10.4236/ojmp.2018.73004.

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