Health and well-being in care staff and their relations to organizational and psychosocial factors, care staff and resident factors in nursing homes

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 789-797

  Testad, I ^a,d   Mikkelsen, A ^b   Ballard, C ^c   Aarsland, D ^a,d  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agitation; Care staff; Dementia; Nursing home; Physical health complaint; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77955409222     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2419     Document Type: Article

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