Abuse and violence during home care work as predictor of worker depression

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• Personal Author:
  Geiger-Brown J ; Lipscomb, Jane A. ; McPhaul K ; Muntaner C ; Trinkoff A
• Description:
  Objectives. Home care workers provide care without the normal protections afforded in the hospital. This study describes the prevalence of abuse and violence experienced by home care workers and its relationship to workers' depression. Methods. A two-wave telephone survey (N = 1,643) was conducted to assess the prevalence of abuse and prevalence/incidence of workers' depression. Results. Abuse was significant for elevated odds for depression, with a dose effect. Violence was highly associated with depression. Conclusions. Preventive and early intervention measures should be taken to reduce mental health consequences of abuse and violence among home care workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Mental Health Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Stress, Psychological Violence Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Abuse Depression Elder Abuse Emotional-stress Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-services Home Health Care Job-analysis Job-stress Medical-personnel Medical-services Mental Health Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Nurse's Aide Nursing Nursing Assistant Occupational Disease Personal Care Psychological-effects Psychological-reactions Psychological-stress Qualitative-analysis Safety-measures Safety-practices Statistical-analysis Violence Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies Workplace Violence Work Stress

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• ISSN:
  0162-1424
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  59-77
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039762
• Citation:
  Home Health Care Serv Q 2007 Jan; 26(1):59-77
• Contact Point Address:
  Jeanne Geiger-Brown, Work & Health Research Center, University of Maryland, School of Nursing, 655 West Lombard Street, Suite 575, Baltimore, MD 21201
• Email:
  jgeiger@son.umaryland.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Home Health Care Services Quarterly
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:51ec2c2e6cedaff3762ce80f7f66e8f20db5e7748444f47628149095e66df4d8ba1ea4a42ee767f36c36ae5b5ea2051222a313cd6e14efccef604e8e2a99bdf8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192876/cdc_192876_DS1.pdf
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