Monday, December 11, 2006
Study blames nurses’ health problems on stress, low autonomy, lack of respect
A new study has linked psychological factors like work stress, low autonomy and lack of respect to health problems among Canada’s 314,900 nurses, finding that many regularly work overtime and have more than one job. Statistics Canada found that the proportion of nurses who reported high stress at work was more than that among employed people overall. The researchers defined work stress as occurring when job responsibilities outpaced a worker’s ability to decide how to peform the tasks required of them. Nearly a third (31 per cent) of female nurses were classified as having high job strain while the figure for all employed women was 26 per cent. Job strain was strongly related to fair or poor physical and mental health, and to lengthy or frequent absences from work for health-related reasons.
Burnout • Health at Work • Nurse Retention • Organizational Climate • Pain • Productivity/Performance • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink