Disentangling the effects of psychological and physical work demands on sleep, recovery and maladaptive chronic stress outcomes within a large sample of Australian nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 679-689

  Winwood, Peter C ^a   Lushington, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empirical research study; Nurse patient relationship; Nurses; Questionnaire; Recovery; Sleep quality; Stress; Work demands; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 33751295324     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04055.x     Document Type: Article

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