Informal social status among coworkers and risk of work‐related injury among nurse aides in long‐term care

Myers, Daniel J.; Lipscomb, Hester J.

doi:10.1002/ajim.20805

Cited by 7 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 38 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…A previous review noted that hesitancy to express concerns can be a key contributing factor to communication errors [32]. Another previous study revealed that nurse aides with a higher informal social status had greater access to help from co-workers and reduced exposure to possible injury risk [33].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors related to turnover intentions and work-related injuries and accidents among professional caregivers: a cross-sectional questionnaire study

Tei-Tominaga

Nakanishi

2020

Environ Health Prev Med

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: The Japanese health and welfare industry has a shortage of professional caregivers, and work-related accidents and injuries among this group are therefore especially critical issues. This study aimed to examine the factors associated with turnover intentions and work-related injuries and accidents among professional caregivers in Japan. Methods: Self-report questionnaires were distributed to care workers (N = 1396) at 26 geriatric-care facilities. The questionnaire addressed basic attributes, work and organizational characteristics, wage adequacy, and intrinsic motivations for work (e.g., "being suited to caring work"). Social-relational aspects of the work environment were assessed via three subscales of the Social Capital and Ethical Climate in the Workplace instrument (i.e., "Social Capital in the Workplace," "Exclusive Workplace Climate," and "Ethical Leadership"). Dependent variables were the experience of work-related accidents or injuries in the prior year and organizational and occupational turnover intentions. We used datasets of professional caregivers for analyses. Results: The response rate was 68% (N = 949). Among the 667 professional caregivers, 63% were female. On multivariable logistic regression analysis for work-related accidents and injuries for each sex, those with higher scores for "being suited to caring work" were found to experience significantly fewer work-related accidents and injuries (odds ratio [OR] = 0.78, p < 0.01) among female caregivers. Male caregivers who perceived an exclusive workplace climate experienced more work-related accidents and injuries (OR = 1.61, p < 0.01). However, experience of work-related accidents and injuries did not show significant relationships with organizational and occupational turnover intentions. Additionally, "being suited to caring work" (OR = 0.73, p < 0.01) and ethical leadership (OR = 0.76, p < 0.05) were found to be negatively associated with organizational turnover intentions. "Being suited to caring work" (OR = 0.61, p < 0.01), inadequacy of wage (OR = 2.22, p < 0.05), and marital status (OR = 2.69, p < 0.01) were also associated with occupational turnover intentions of professional caregivers.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors related to turnover intentions and work-related injuries and accidents among professional caregivers: a cross-sectional questionnaire study

Tei-Tominaga

Nakanishi

2020

Environ Health Prev Med

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Such situations have also been concluded by the multi-group analysis of the following structural equation model. For a deeper consideration of such phenomenon, female employees have always been supposed to possess higher levels of work-family conflict (less social support), more physical/mental demands (higher job demands) compared to male employees [43, 44]; younger workers are often supposed to have less experiences/skills (low job control), more monotonous ground work (higher demand), and less job reward [45]; and compared to technicians and physicians, nurses have more opportunity to access sharp instruments, and their heavy work load also relates to higher job demands and effort [46, 47]. In other words, these demographic characteristics, which often go alone with risking psychosocial working conditions are more susceptible to working injury under the circumstance of occupational stress [47].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship between psychosocial working conditions, stress perception, and needle-stick injury among healthcare workers in Shanghai

Wang

Huang

Li³

2019

BMC Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background The present study aims to identify the association between psychosocial working conditions, global stress perception, and needle-stick injury among Chinese healthcare workers. It also endeavors to detect the mediating effects of global stress perception. Methods A total of 1956 valid samples were collected from eight teaching hospitals in Shanghai, China. A self-reported questionnaire was administered to participants after obtaining their written consent. Structural equation model was used to analyze the relationship between study variables. Results Most of the correlation coefficients between psychosocial conditions at work, stress perception, and needle-stick injury are of statistical significance ranging from 0.004 to 0.869. Results of the internal consistency test shows that Cronbach’s α is between 0.770 and 0.925. All three models for effect analysis demonstrated satisfactory global goodness and acceptable path loadings. Psychosocial working conditions and stress perception were directly associated with events of needle-stick injury, as 0.39 (95%CI: 0.32 to 0.48) and 0.32 (95%CI: 0.22 to 0.39), respectively. Furthermore, stress perception had been proved to have a mediating effect (0.25, 95%CI: 0.19 to 0.31) between psychosocial working condition and needle-stick injury, which occupied over one-third of the total effect. Conclusions Both stressful psychosocial working conditions and negative stress perception could increase the risk of needle-stick injury that occurs among healthcare workers. Management of stress perception could reduce health risk brought by stressful psychosocial working conditions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-7181-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

show abstract

“…In their review study [ 12 ], McCaughey et al also showed that having peer support [ 14 ] and collaboration among colleagues [ 15 ] decreased the risk of injury among nurses, and that nurses’ aides with higher informal social status had greater access to help from co-workers and reduced exposure to injury risk [ 14 ]. The authors inferred from these findings that social-relational aspects of work such as informal social status, a supportive culture, and social support may have an effect on injury risk among employees [ 12 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Supportive and Ethical Work Environments on Work-Related Accidents, Injuries, and Serious Psychological Distress among Hospital Nurses

Tei-Tominaga

Nakanishi

2018

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The healthcare industry in Japan has experienced many cases of work-related injuries, accidents, and workers’ compensation claims because of mental illness. This study examined the influence of supportive and ethical work environments on work-related accidents, injuries, and serious psychological distress among hospital nurses. Self-reported questionnaires were distributed to nurses (n = 1114) from 11 hospitals. Valid responses (n = 822, 93% women, mean age = 38.49 ± 10.09 years) were used for analyses. The questionnaire included items addressing basic attributes, work and organizational characteristics, social capital and ethical climate at the workplace, psychological distress, and experience of work-related accidents or injuries in the last half year. The final model of a multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that those who work less than 4 h of overtime per week (OR = 0.313), those who work on days off more than once per month (OR = 0.424), and an exclusive workplace climate (OR = 1.314) were significantly associated with work-related accidents or injuries. Additionally, an exclusive workplace climate (OR = 1.696) elevated the risk of serious psychological distress. To prevent work-related compensation cases, which are caused by these variables, strengthening hospitals’ occupational health and safety is necessary.

show abstract

Informal social status among coworkers and risk of work‐related injury among nurse aides in long‐term care

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

Factors related to turnover intentions and work-related injuries and accidents among professional caregivers: a cross-sectional questionnaire study

Factors related to turnover intentions and work-related injuries and accidents among professional caregivers: a cross-sectional questionnaire study

Relationship between psychosocial working conditions, stress perception, and needle-stick injury among healthcare workers in Shanghai

The Influence of Supportive and Ethical Work Environments on Work-Related Accidents, Injuries, and Serious Psychological Distress among Hospital Nurses

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About