Work stress among nursing home care attendants in Taiwan: A questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 736-746

  Hsu, Hui Chuan ^a   Kung, Yuan Wei ^a   Huang, Hsiao Chien ^a   Ho, Pei Yu ^a   Lin, Ya Ying ^a   Chen, Wen Shin ^a  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Care attendants; Human resource management; Nursing homes; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TAIWAN; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34249997530     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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