The nature, characteristics and associations of care home staff stress and wellbeing: a national survey
| العنوان: | The nature, characteristics and associations of care home staff stress and wellbeing: a national survey |
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| المؤلفون: | Michael Dennis, Muhammad Saiful Islam, Christine Baker, Ian Russell, Peter Huxley |
| المصدر: | BMC Nursing, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017) BMC Nursing |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Care home, Affect (psychology), Stress, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Nursing, medicine, Dementia, Care staff, 030212 general & internal medicine, Nursing management, General Nursing, Primary nursing, Productivity, lcsh:RT1-120, lcsh:Nursing, business.industry, Wellbeing, Nursing research, medicine.disease, Stratified sampling, Job satisfaction, Job content, Family medicine, Absenteeism, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Research Article |
| الوصف: | Background The majority of residents in care homes in the United Kingdom are living with dementia or significant memory problems. Caring in this setting can be difficult and stressful for care staff who work long hours, have little opportunity for training, are poorly paid and yet subject to high expectation. This may affect their mental and physical wellbeing, cause high rates of staff turnover and absenteeism, and affect the quality of care they provide. The main objective of this survey was to explore the nature, characteristics and associations of stress in care home staff. Methods Staff working in a stratified random sample of care homes within Wales completed measures covering: general health and wellbeing (SF-12); stress (Work Stress Inventory); job content (Karasek Job Content); approach to, and experience of, working with people living with dementia (Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire; and Experience of Working with Dementia Patients); and Productivity and Health Status (SPS-6). Multiple linear regressions explored the effects of home and staff characteristics on carers. Results 212 staff from 72 care homes completed questionnaires. Staff from nursing homes experienced more work stress than those from residential homes (difference 0.30; 95% confidence interval (CI) from 0.10 to 0.51; P |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1472-6955 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::07a5f7d2d6af0e5f6fa6d10a6f33f0e6Test http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12912-017-0216-4Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....07a5f7d2d6af0e5f6fa6d10a6f33f0e6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14726955 |
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