Perceived occupational stress in nurses working in Ireland

McCarthy, Vera J. C.; Power, Steve; Greiner, Birgit A.

doi:10.1093/occmed/kqq148

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“…Second, job strain is quantified as the ratio of job demand to job control. However, as previously mentioned, it is likely that job demand and job control could contribute differently to perceived occupational stress32, as well as influence different functional brain networks10. Our findings demonstrated that occupational burnout was significantly associated with job demand ( r = 0.515, P = 0.000) but not with job control ( r = 0.034, P = 0.782), which is consistent with this hypothesis.…”

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Perceived Occupational Stress is associated with Decreased Cortical Activity of the Prefrontal Cortex: A Multichannel Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study

Chou

Lin

Hung

et al. 2016

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Despite an increasing number of reports on the associations between chronic occupational stress and structural and functional changes of the brain, the underlying neural correlates of perceived occupational stress is still not clear. Perceived stress reflects the extents to which situations are appraised as stressful at a given point in one’s life. Using near-infrared spectroscopy, we investigated the associations between perceived occupational stress and cortical activity over the bilateral frontotemporal regions during a verbal fluency test. Sixty-eight participants (17 men, 51 women), 20–62 years of age were recruited. Perceived occupational stress was measured using the Chinese version of Job Content Questionnaire, and the Chinese version of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory. We found statistically significant negative associations between occupational burnout and brain cortical activity over the fronto-polar and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during the VFT (r = −0.343 to −0.464). In conclusion, our research demonstrated a possible neural basis of perceived occupational stress that are distributed across the prefrontal cortex.

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Perceived Occupational Stress is associated with Decreased Cortical Activity of the Prefrontal Cortex: A Multichannel Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study

Chou

Lin

Hung

et al. 2016

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“…Thus, in situations of low autonomy and support in the face of decisions made, the impact of stressing factors on health becomes high. Increase of control over work has direct and indirect positive effects on the worker's health, being associated with better evaluation of health and lower levels of stress (23) .…”

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Occupational stress and self-rated health among nurses

Filha

Costa

Guilam

2013

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objective: To analyze the association between job stress and self-rated health among nurses in public hospital emergency units. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study undertaken through the administration of a self-administered questionnaire in a sample of 134 health professionals, using the brief version of the Job Stress Scale. Descriptive analyses of the socio-demographic, health and work variables were undertaken, as was multivariate analysis through unconditional logistic regression for adjustment of the association between job stress and poor self-rated health, in accordance with potential confounding variables, with a level of significance of 5%. Results: 70% of the interviewees were classified as passive workers or as with high strain. Poor self-rated health was significantly greater among health professionals with high demand and low control, compared to those with low strain, after adjusting for co-variables. Conclusions: Low control, allied with low demand, can serve as a demotivating factor, contributing to the increase in professional dissatisfaction. It is recommended that institutions should adopt a policy of planning and managing human resources so as to encourage the participation of health professionals in decision-making, with a view to reducing job stress among nurses.

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“…These common psychosocial hazards may result in increased rates of nurses' turnover intentions, burnout, job dissatisfaction, absenteeism, and workplace injuries (Constable & Russell, ; Firth & Britton, ; Jenkins & Elliott, ; Lanz & Bruk‐Lee, ; Zeytinoglu et al., ). This study examines three common psychosocial hazards stemming from the social, psychological, and physical work environment: conflict with other nurses, lack of support and workload, respectively (McCarthy, Power, & Greiner, ).…”

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When safety climate is not enough: Examining the moderating effects of psychosocial hazards on nurse safety performance

Manapragada

Bruk‐Lee

Thompson

et al. 2019

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim To examine the association between components of safety climate and psychosocial hazards with safe work behaviours and test the moderating effects of psychosocial hazards on the safety climate‐safety performance relationships. Background The effects of a strong safety climate on safety performance are well cited, however, the conditions that have an impact on this relationship warrant attention. While the psychosocial hazards commonly reported by nurses are predictors of well‐being and job attitudes, evidence suggests that these may also place boundaries on the effects of safety climate on safe work practices. Design This study used a cross‐sectional design to collect data from 146 nurses. Methods Participants were recruited through convenience sampling and snowball sampling methods in 2017. Nurses completed an online questionnaire and received a $5 e‐gift card as compensation. SPSS v.23 and PROCESS v3.0 were used to analyse the data. Results/Findings A strong safety climate was positively associated with nurses' safety performance. While psychosocial hazards did not predict safety performance, they did moderate the safety climate‐performance relationship. High levels of perceived stressors weakened the association between promoting two‐way safety communication, the use and implementation of procedures to promote safe work practices and management's endorsement of health and safety with safe work performance. Conclusion The positive effects of safety climate on nurses' safety performance are contingent on the levels of psychosocial hazards nurses experience. When aiming to improve safety performance among nurses, it is important for efforts to also focus on the psychosocial conditions of the work environment.

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Perceived occupational stress in nurses working in Ireland

Abstract: The findings suggest that perceived stress does vary within different work areas in the same hospital. Work factors, such as demand and support, are important with regard to perceived stress. Job control was not found to play an important role.

Cited by 58 publications

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Perceived Occupational Stress is associated with Decreased Cortical Activity of the Prefrontal Cortex: A Multichannel Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study

Perceived Occupational Stress is associated with Decreased Cortical Activity of the Prefrontal Cortex: A Multichannel Near-infrared Spectroscopy Study

Occupational stress and self-rated health among nurses

When safety climate is not enough: Examining the moderating effects of psychosocial hazards on nurse safety performance

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