A Real-Time Assessment of Work Stress in Physicians and Nurses

Health Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-200

  Rutledge, Thomas ^a,b   Stucky, Erin ^c,d   Dollarhide, Adrian ^a   Shively, Martha ^a   Jain, Sonia ^b   Wolfson, Tanya ^b   Weinger, Matthew B ^e,f   Dresselhaus, Timothy ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological momentary assessment; emotional stress; nurses; physicians; work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEMORY; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 64549142804     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013145     Document Type: Article

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