Job stress and burnout in hospital employees: Comparisons of different medical professions in a regional hospital in Taiwan

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Chou, Li Ping ^a,b   Li, Chung Yi ^b,c   Hu, Susan C ^b  

^a TAINAN SIN LAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORK SCHEDULE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84896806221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004185     Document Type: Article

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