Tehran University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Occupational Hygiene 2008-5109 10 2 2018 07 24 60 66 EN SEYED EHSAN SAMAEI Mobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, .Iran EBRAHIM TABAN Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran SEYEDEH SEDIGHEH SOLEIMANIAN PhD Student of Educational Management, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN BEHESHTI PhD Student of Occupational Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran OMRAN AHMADI PhD Student of Occupational Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran; MANDANA KALANTARI Clinical Research Development Center, Ayatollah Rohani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran NADALI AKBARIAN Clinical Research Development Center, Ayatollah Rohani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran MAHMOUD SADEGHI Clinical Research Development Center, Ayatollah Rohani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran MINA GALESHI Clinical Research Development Center, Ayatollah Rohani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran 2017 12 03 2018 05 26 The health of people is of great importance and stress is one of the factors affecting health. Stress affects people under different conditions and appears to be responsible for a significant number of illnesses and absenteeism among the workers of healthcare centers. The present study was performed to assess the occupational stress among the nurses working in the public hospitals of Babol City and identify the associated risk factors. This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study was conducted from October 2016 to April 2017 in the hospitals affiliated to Babol University of Medical Sciences (6 hospitals). A total number of 406 nurses working in the hospitals were selected by the simple random sampling method. The Occupational Stress Questionnaire-HSE was used to assess the nurses’ stress and the demographic data of the participants were collected by a researcher-made form. According to the results, the lowest and highest scores were related to communication (9.8 ± 3.3) and demand (23.1 ± 5.1) subscales, respectively. Based on the regression model, among the independent variables studied, only the variables of gender, weekly working hours, employment status, shift work system, and education level could predict the nurses’ occupational stress.   https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/323