Association between demographic characteristics and psychosocial factors of job stress in a sample of health care workers employed in two Italian hospitals;Correlazioni tra variabili demografiche e fattori psicosociali di stress occupazionale in un campione di operatori sanitari di due aziende ospedaliere

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 344-358

  Cortese C G ^a   Gerbaudo, Laura ^b   Benso, P G ^b   Violante, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SS Medico Competente   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Iso strain; Job content questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350551797     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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