Job-related stress and sickness absence among belgian nurses: A prospective study

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 292-301

  Trybou, Jeroen ^a   Germonpre, Sofie ^b   Janssens, Heidi ^a   Casini, Annalisa ^c   Braeckman, Lutgart ^a   Bacquer, Dirk De ^a   Clays, Els ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Healthcare HU Brussel ^*  (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Demand control support; Effort reward imbalance; Job related stress; Overcommitment; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DEMAND-CONTROL SUPPORT; EFFORT-REWARD-IMBALANCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB-RELATED STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OVERCOMMITMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

DEMAND-CONTROL SUPPORT; EFFORT-REWARD-IMBALANCE; JOB-RELATED STRESS; OVERCOMMITMENT; SICKNESS ABSENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903591209     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12075     Document Type: Article

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