Psychological, lifestyle and coping contributors to chronic fatigue in shift-worker nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-232

  Samaha, Elias ^a   Lal, Sara ^a   Samaha, Najwa ^a   Wyndham, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping; Empirical research report; Fatigue; Lifestyle; Nurses; Psychology; Questionnaires; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34547246832     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04338.x     Document Type: Article

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