TABLE 3.

Occupational stress factors of nursing staff working with intellectually disabled patients at the Free State Psychiatric Complex (FSPC).

Factors	Frequency	%
Work load	57	66.3
Work responsibilities	41	47.7
Working hours	44	51.2
Increase in work load	38	44.2
Feeling that work load is greater than colleagues of same rank	17	19.8
Change in work responsibilities	23	26.7
Expectations to perform task that should not be your responsibility	30	34.9
Expectations to perform task you are not trained to do	26	30.2
Increase in working hours	27	31.4
Working hours has a negative effect on the standard of work	28	32.6
Specific work times or schedule	25	29.1
Change in work times	27	31.4
Pressed for time	34	39.5
Insufficient breaks during work day	25	29.1
Unrealistic demands	30	34.9
Needing to meet a deadline	26	30.2
Feeling that your skills and training are not fully appreciated	40	46.5
Feeling that you are not able to use all your skills and training	39	45.4
Having to perform procedures that you are not comfortable with	23	26.7
Expectations at work	34	39.5
Demands from patients	33	38.4
Feeling underpaid	46	53.5
Feeling uncertain about surety of your employment	42	48.8
Feeling you do not have full control of your work	39	45.4
Feeling your physical health is endangered	45	52.3
Feeling your mental health is endangered	37	43.0
Feeling your safety is endangered	43	50.0
Feeling unfairly treated	34	39.5
Conflict with peers	27	31.4
Being bullied or victimised by colleagues	19	22.1
Feeling excluded or alienated by colleagues	16	18.6
Conflict with superiors	26	30.2
Feeling bullied by superiors	27	31.4
Feeling pressured by expectations of superiors	42	48.8
Any type of harassment or discrimination by colleagues and superiors	17	19.8
Feeling respected	33	38.4
Feeling well supervised	33	38.4
Feeling there is a good support system in your working environment	32	37.2