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Work-related Stress Restrains the Sex Lives of Nurses
May 30, 2007 at 4:03 PM
Sexual Health News
A recent survey has found that the stress factor in the nurses’ job harms their sex life.
Roughly half of the nurses believe that their sex lives are harmed by the emotional stress of their job, according to the Nursing Times magazine poll.
The magazine surveyed almost 2,000 nurses, and found that 70 percent said they experienced from physical or mental health problems linked to work-related stress.
Some 44 percent said that their sex life was in distress, and a quarter said they had started drinking more.
The poll also found that one in 10 nurses was smoking more, and almost a third reported taking off more days sick than usual.
Nursing Times held the pressure of financial deficits and the threat of job cuts in the NHS responsible for the nurses’ woes.
"Nurses are under pressure, under valued and under paid. Stress is a serious issue for nurses who run the daily gamut of violence and abuse from patients and relatives, as well as coping with the day-to-day pressures of having to do ever more with fewer resources because of deficit-led cost cutting,” the BBC quoted Dr Peter Carter, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, as saying.
"When you add to that worries about job security and a pay cut, it comes as no surprise that stress levels are affecting nurses' personal lives and relationships,” he added.
Roughly half of the nurses believe that their sex lives are harmed by the emotional stress of their job, according to the Nursing Times magazine poll.
The magazine surveyed almost 2,000 nurses, and found that 70 percent said they experienced from physical or mental health problems linked to work-related stress.
Some 44 percent said that their sex life was in distress, and a quarter said they had started drinking more.
The poll also found that one in 10 nurses was smoking more, and almost a third reported taking off more days sick than usual.
Nursing Times held the pressure of financial deficits and the threat of job cuts in the NHS responsible for the nurses’ woes.
"Nurses are under pressure, under valued and under paid. Stress is a serious issue for nurses who run the daily gamut of violence and abuse from patients and relatives, as well as coping with the day-to-day pressures of having to do ever more with fewer resources because of deficit-led cost cutting,” the BBC quoted Dr Peter Carter, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, as saying.
"When you add to that worries about job security and a pay cut, it comes as no surprise that stress levels are affecting nurses' personal lives and relationships,” he added.
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