Psychosocial work environment of hospital workers: Validation of a comprehensive assessment scale

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 814-825

  Aust, Birgit ^a   Rugulies, Reiner ^a   Skakon, Janne ^a   Scherzer, Teresa ^b   Jensen, Chris ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute of Maritime Medicine   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mental health; Nurses; Occupational health; Patient care; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34250011171     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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