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A Cross Sectional Study Evaluating Psychosocial Job Stress and Health Risk in Emergency Department Nurses
Nurses experience psychosocial work stress that may negatively affect physical and mental health over time. In this cross-sectional study we investigated prevalence of job stress and oxidative stress in nurses, and determined if significant relationships exist between higher job stress scores and de...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6765813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31487874 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183243 |
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author | Bardhan, Rupkatha Heaton, Karen Davis, Melissa Chen, Peter Dickinson, Dale A. Lungu, Claudiu T. |
author_facet | Bardhan, Rupkatha Heaton, Karen Davis, Melissa Chen, Peter Dickinson, Dale A. Lungu, Claudiu T. |
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description | Nurses experience psychosocial work stress that may negatively affect physical and mental health over time. In this cross-sectional study we investigated prevalence of job stress and oxidative stress in nurses, and determined if significant relationships exist between higher job stress scores and demographic factors and working conditions. Emergency department nurses (n = 42) were recruited from a University Hospital following Institutional Review Board approval. Job stress indicators, effort–reward ratio and overcommitment were evaluated from survey questionnaires using the effort–reward imbalance model, and associations with age, sex, body mass index, and working conditions were measured by logistic regression analysis. Oxidative stress biomarkers, 8-isoprostane, malondialdehyde, and antioxidant levels were measured from urine specimens. Job stress was prevalent with effort–reward ratio > 1 in 93% and overcommitment > 50 in 83% of the study participants. Age, body mass index, years of experience, weekend work, work hours per week, and shift work showed strong associations with effort–reward ratio and overcommitment scores. Malondialdehyde was higher in participants with high overcommitment. We report that psychosocial job stress is prevalent among nurses, as revealed by the high effort–reward and overcommitment scores. Job stress may be reduced through implementation of appropriate stress reduction interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-67658132019-09-30 A Cross Sectional Study Evaluating Psychosocial Job Stress and Health Risk in Emergency Department Nurses Bardhan, Rupkatha Heaton, Karen Davis, Melissa Chen, Peter Dickinson, Dale A. Lungu, Claudiu T. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Nurses experience psychosocial work stress that may negatively affect physical and mental health over time. In this cross-sectional study we investigated prevalence of job stress and oxidative stress in nurses, and determined if significant relationships exist between higher job stress scores and demographic factors and working conditions. Emergency department nurses (n = 42) were recruited from a University Hospital following Institutional Review Board approval. Job stress indicators, effort–reward ratio and overcommitment were evaluated from survey questionnaires using the effort–reward imbalance model, and associations with age, sex, body mass index, and working conditions were measured by logistic regression analysis. Oxidative stress biomarkers, 8-isoprostane, malondialdehyde, and antioxidant levels were measured from urine specimens. Job stress was prevalent with effort–reward ratio > 1 in 93% and overcommitment > 50 in 83% of the study participants. Age, body mass index, years of experience, weekend work, work hours per week, and shift work showed strong associations with effort–reward ratio and overcommitment scores. Malondialdehyde was higher in participants with high overcommitment. We report that psychosocial job stress is prevalent among nurses, as revealed by the high effort–reward and overcommitment scores. Job stress may be reduced through implementation of appropriate stress reduction interventions. MDPI 2019-09-04 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6765813/ /pubmed/31487874 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183243 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bardhan, Rupkatha Heaton, Karen Davis, Melissa Chen, Peter Dickinson, Dale A. Lungu, Claudiu T. A Cross Sectional Study Evaluating Psychosocial Job Stress and Health Risk in Emergency Department Nurses |
title | A Cross Sectional Study Evaluating Psychosocial Job Stress and Health Risk in Emergency Department Nurses |
title_full | A Cross Sectional Study Evaluating Psychosocial Job Stress and Health Risk in Emergency Department Nurses |
title_fullStr | A Cross Sectional Study Evaluating Psychosocial Job Stress and Health Risk in Emergency Department Nurses |
title_full_unstemmed | A Cross Sectional Study Evaluating Psychosocial Job Stress and Health Risk in Emergency Department Nurses |
title_short | A Cross Sectional Study Evaluating Psychosocial Job Stress and Health Risk in Emergency Department Nurses |
title_sort | cross sectional study evaluating psychosocial job stress and health risk in emergency department nurses |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6765813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31487874 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183243 |
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