Occupational stress and related influencing factors among obstetric medical staff in tertiary hospitals under the universal two-child policy

[Background] The implementation of the universal two-child policy has resulted in increased and heavy obstetrics workload and occupational stress of obstetric medical staff which should not be ignored. [Objective] This study investigates the prevalence of occupational stress and its influencing factors among obstetric medical staff in tertiary hospitals after the implementation of the universal two-child policy. [Methods] Statistics of obstetric workload and staff turnover were collected in two tertiary hospitals in Suzhou from 2014 to 2020. Through convenient sampling, questionnaires were distributed to 296 obstetric medical staff from the two tertiary hospitals from August to December 2020. The questionnaire survey contained a general information questionnaire and the Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised which consisted of three subscales: occupational role, personal strain, and personal resources. Comparisons were made to scores of occupational stress across different characteristic groups. The variables