Burnout and physical and mental health among Swedish healthcare workers

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-95

  Peterson, Ulla ^a   Demerouti, Evangelia ^b   Bergström, Gunnar ^a   Samuelsson, Mats ^c   Åsberg, Marie ^d   Nygren, Åke ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Red Cross University College   (Sweden)

^d Sweden Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Sciences Danderyd Hospital Stressrehab FoU Danderyd   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burnout; Discriminant analysis; Disengagement; Exhaustion; Healthcare workers; Job Demands Resources model; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 40949158925     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04580.x     Document Type: Article

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