Factors influencing fatigue in Chinese nurses

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-299

  Fang, Jinbo ^a,b   Kunaviktikul, Wipada ^b   Olson, Karin ^c   Chontawan, Ratanawadee ^b   Kaewthummanukul, Thanee ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese nurses; Fatigue; Influencing factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE FATIGUE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC FATIGUE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP STAGE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 56049108837     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2008.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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