Nurse burnout and its association with occupational stress in a cross-sectional study in Shanghai

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1537-1546

  Xie, Zhenyu ^a   Wang, Aolin ^b   Chen, Bo ^b  

^a Doctor in Charge Pudong Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burnout; China; Effort reward imbalance; Job content questionnaire; Maslach burnout inventory; Nurses; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CHINA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79958765313     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05576.x     Document Type: Article

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