Abstract:
Stress is subjective experience and a complex phenomenon. Typically, it describes as a negative
concept that can have an impact on one’s mental and physical wellbeing. Job stress among
healthcare staff is becoming a common phenomenon in most health services. Medical staff
focuses on activities related to diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness.
Hence, this study, tried to figure out factors that contribute to stress, consequences and coping
mechanisms among medical staff members in Arsi zone, Oromia national regional state. The
researcher employed cross-sectional study design. Medical staffs of three selected hospital of
Arsi zone were the source of the study population. 240 medical staffs were taken employing
simple random sampling technique. Quantitative types of data were collected using a
questionnaire consisted of different scales. Descriptive (frequency and percentage) and
inferential statistical analyses (chi-square) were used to analyze the data. Shortage of medical
staffs, pressure from family as a result of working long hours, and working on holidays were the
major source of stress. Exhaustion and low level of job satisfaction were reported as the major
consequences of stress. As well as Relaxation and sleeping were reported as major coping
strategies. Providing continuous and appropriate recognitions to meet the social and personal
priorities of medical staff members into the formal and organizational settings of the medical
institutions were among the recommendations.
