Are nursing home care workers' health and presenteeism associated with implicit rationing of care? A cross-sectional multi-site study

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 33-38

  Dhaini, Suzanne R ^a   Zúñiga, Franziska ^a   Ausserhofer, Dietmar ^a,b   Simon, Michael ^a,c   Kunz, Regina ^d   De Geest, Sabina ^a,e   Schwendimann, Rene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Applied Science   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e Academic Center of Nursing and Midwifery   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Care worker; Health; Implicit rationing of nursing care; Nursing home; Presenteeism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BACKACHE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PRESENTEEISM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; SWITZERLAND;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PRESENTEEISM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84999028749     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.07.003     Document Type: Article

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