Journal of Jiroft University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Nowadays Stress is considered as one of the main causes of mental disorders, heart diseases, cancer, digestive disorders, skin disorders, immune system problems and so on. This study has been carried out with the aim of evaluating the effect of education based on Lazarus and Folkman interactive model of stress on coping skills of Jieroft university of medical sciences Health care workers.

Methods: The current study is a quasi-Experimental one, which has been done on 84 staffs of medical university of Jiroft city in 2014 with census method, by Lazarus and Folkman coping questionnaire which different studies confirmed its validity and reliability, and also the data was analyzed by SPSS v18 by descriptive, Chi square and Wilcoxon tests.

Results: The mean age of the participants was 6/51 ± 34/91 years old, the average work experience 7/36 ± 11/22 years.The result of this study showed that the mean score of all Lazarus Coping aspects, emotion and problem focused coping mechanisms, was significant after the intervention within intervention group versus before the intervention (p<0.05), While this difference was not significant in the control group (p>0.05).

Conclusion: According to the findings of the study, educational intervention based on the Lazarus and Folkman model in staffs, can increase the use of problem-oriented coping mechanisms and reduce the use of emotion-focused copings and increase the level of health in all aspects, especially in the mental aspect.

Keywords: stress, coping skills, staff