Predictors of job strain in residential dementia care nursing staff

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-65

  Edvardsson, David ^a,b   Sandman, Per Olof ^b   Nay, Rhonda ^a   Karlsson, Stig ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; Job satisfaction; Nursing staff

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58049139111     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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