en رابطه بین استرس شغلی با الگوی خونریزی قاعدگی در پرستاران تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Background </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">and </span></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Aim:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> Environmental stresses, such as life and </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">job<b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">stresses, may cause some changes in the menstrual bleeding pattern and the hormonal system. The objective of the present study was to assess the level of job stress in nurses and its relationship with their menstrual bleeding pattern.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Materials and Methods</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> This descriptive-</span></span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">correlational</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> study was performed on 150 nurses working in teaching hospitals affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2016. The data collection tools included a demographic characteristics questionnaire, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) job stress questionnaire, and a researcher-made questionnaire related to menstrual bleeding pattern. SPSS version 20 was applied to analyze the data.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Results:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> The mean age of participants was 30.92&plusmn;0.41 years, and 68.7% of them had a bleeding duration between 3 to 7 days; the highest volume of bleeding ranged from 60 to 200 cc. The results indicated no significant relationship between job stress with duration of </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">menstrual </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">bleeding, and the time interval between </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">menstrual </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">bleedings (P>0.05); however, there was a significant relationship between </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">job<b> </b></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">stress and the volume of </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">menstrual </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">bleeding (P<0.05). </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="FA" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Conclusion:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> The present results revealed job stress in nurses; therefore, adopting appropriate strategies to improve working conditions and reduce stressful situations appears to be necessary.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Occupational Stress, Menstruation, Nurses 1 9 http://knjournal.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Jamal Seidi جمال سیدی jamal.seidi@muk.ac.ir 1003194753284600306 1003194753284600306 No , Clinical Care Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. Shima Sadat Aghahosseini شیماسادات آقاحسینی shimaaghahosseini@yahoo.com 1003194753284600307 1003194753284600307 No Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Daem Roshani دایم روشنی daemroshani@gmail.com 1003194753284600308 1003194753284600308 No Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medical School, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran Hero Hamzehpour هرو حمزه پور herohamzepour91@gmail.com 1003194753284600309 1003194753284600309 Yes Medical-Surgical Nursing, Student Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran