Current Research Trends in Occupational Stress of Healthcare Workers: a Systematic Scopus Review 2025
https://doi.org/10.47619/2713-2617.zm.2026.v.7i1;82-93
Abstract
Introduction. Occupational stress in healthcare workers, which leads to professional deformation, dissatisfaction with the quality of life and work, reduced productivity, and retirement from profession, requires comprehensive research. Purpose. The goal is to identify modern research trends in occupational stress of healthcare workers. Methods and materials. Using the keywords "occupational stress of medical workers", 21 out of 136 Scopus scientific articles published in 2025 on the Science Direct platform were selected for a systematic review. These articles have neither been translated into Russian nor systematized. Results. A systematic review of 2025 Scopus articles identified the following research trends in occupational stress among healthcare workers: 1) specifics of correcting occupational stress in healthcare workers (38.1%), 2) psychological characteristics of occupational stress (28.57%), 3) physical characteristics of occupational stress (23.81%), 4) development of modern procedures for diagnosing occupational stress in healthcare workers (4.76%), 5) definition of occupational stress in healthcare workers (4.76%).
Supporting agencies: the author received no financial support for the research.
About the Author
O. B. Polyakova
Center for Developmental Psychology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
lga B. Polyakova – Cand. Sci. in Psychology, Associate Professor, Practicing Psychologist
1/21 Dostoevskogo st., 127473, Moscow
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