Correlates of Workplace Stress and Quality of Life among Primary Healthcare Workers in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State

This study examines the correlates of workplace stress and quality of life among primary healthcare workers in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State. Three objectives, three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive correlational design was adopted for this study with population consisting of 2,605 health workers in primary health centres in Port Harcourt Metropolis. The multistage sampling procedure was employed to select a sample size of 440. The Correlates of Stress and Quality of Life Questionnaire (CSQLFQ) was a structured questionnaire that was used to capture data in this study. Its reliability index was 0.72. The data analysis was conducted using the Statistical Product for Service Solution (SPSS) version 27.0, with Pearson correlation and mean used at a significance level of 0.05. This investigation demonstrated that there was a statistically significant correlation between stress and burden (n = 421; r = 0.43; p<0.05), work duration (n = 421; r = 0.23; p<0.05), and organizational support (n = 421; r = -0.22; p<0.05). In summary, the burden, work duration, organizational support, and years of work experience were the correlates of workplace stress among primary healthcare workers in Port Harcourt Metropolis. Additionally, the quality of life of primary healthcare personnel in Port Harcourt Metropolis was substandard. It was recommended among others that Government should make the primary healthcare workers comfortable in their work place by building more offices, employing more workers, and catering for the welfare of the workers. The result showed workload a correlate of stress, hence, the government should employ more primary healthcare workers to ease the workload on the workers.