| ObjectiveThe aims of this study are to investigate the job stress status of the intellectuals in Fuzhou at present, the relationship between job stress and health and find out the influential factors of job stress, then suggest the stress management methods. The result may instruct the intellectuals to adjust themselves in order to alleviate job stress and its negative effects on health so that they can keep themselves in good health. MethodsThe questionnaire in regard to job stress and its correlative factors was used to evaluate 1085 objects' job stress and their states of health. Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test, partial correlation analysis, Spearman correlation analysis and logistic regression were used to get the relationship between job stress and health. Multilevel model was used to analyze the influential factors of the job stress.Results1.The job stress status of the intellectuals in Fuzhou.1.1 general condition Of 1085 objects there were 593 persons whose job stress levels were high with the percent of 54.7%, 385 persons whose job stress levels were normal with the percent of 35.5% and 107 persons whose job stress levels were low with the percent of 9.9%. The proportion of the persons with high job stress was larger than half of the total, which suggested that the job stress status of the intellectuals in Fuzhou might be comparatively severe.1.2 conditions in each aspect of job stress The percents of three levels of job stress on relations with colleagues were similar to those of job stress in the general condition. The percents on physical condition were 9.3 percent of high level, 34.7 percent of normal level and 26.0 percent of low level respectively. The proportion of high level job stress was the largest on job interest, with 593 of 1085 (76.6%), while the proportion of low level job stress was the lowest (0.4%). These results indicated that the stress coming from job interest was the largest while that rooting in physical condition was the lowest.2.The relationship between job stress and health.2.1 There were relationships between job stress and insomnia, daze and headache, Gastrointestinal upset, nervousness, weariness, inappetence, sore waist and aching in the waist and the back.2.2 Rank correlations were found between job stress and mental symptoms such as anxiety, depression and emotion fluctuation. The higher the job stress level was, the more severe the mental symptoms were.2.3 Smoking was correlated with job stress. Besides rank correlation was found between job stress and the number of cigarettes smoked per day. The higher the job stress level was, the bigger the number was. Rank correlation was also found between job stress and the frequency of potation. The higher the job stress level was, the bigger the frequency of potation was.2.4 Both times of seeking medical advice and days of absenteeism were positive correlated with job stress. Correlation was not found between days in hospital and job stress yet. 2.5 All of the 11 kinds of disease were correlated with job stress. These diseases were arrhythmia, rhinitis, neuropathic cough, peptic ulcer, chronic constipation, anorexia, migraine, hyperalgesia, low back pain (LBP), tension headache and adiposity. The higher the job stress level was, the more vulnerable the intellectuals were to sicken. The risks of high job stress level were 2~11 times of those of low level and 1.4~3.2 times of those of normal level. In addition, the research also found that correlation existed between job stress and sickening, diseases in the circulatory system, the respiratory system, the digestive system, the nervous system and the musculoskeletal system. Job stress is a risk factor of these diseases. Correlation was not found between job stress and both the urogenital system and the endocrine system yet.3.The probable influential factors of the job stress.The protective factors of job stress were length of service, higher educational level, more salary every month, more time for exercise every week, having hobbies and...
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