Effect on mental health of a participatory intervention to improve psychosocial work environment: A cluster andomized controlled trial among nurses

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 173-183

  Uchiyama, Ayako ^a   Odagiri, Yuko ^a   Ohya, Yumiko ^a   Takamiya, Tomoko ^a   Inoue, Shigeru ^a   Shimomitsu, Teruichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intervention study; Mental health; Nurses; Psychosocial factors; Randomized controlled trial; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880251569     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.12-0228-OA     Document Type: Article

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