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Working Conditions and Mental Health of Nursing Staff in Nursing Homes

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  • Alternative Title:
    Issues Ment Health Nurs
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    Nursing staff in nursing homes suffer from poor mental health, probably associated with stressful working conditions. Working conditions may distribute differently among nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, and registered nurses due to their different levels in the organizational hierarchy. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the association between working conditions and mental health among different nursing groups, and examine the potential moderating effect of job group on this association. Self-administered questionnaires were collected with 1,129 nursing staff in 15 for-profit non-unionized nursing homes. Working conditions included both physical and psychosocial domains. Multivariate linear regression modeling found that mental health was associated with different working conditions in different nursing groups: physical safety (β = 2.37, p < 0.05) and work-family conflict (β = -2.44, p < 0.01) in NAs; work-family conflict (β = -4.17, p < 0.01) in LPNs; and physical demands (β = 10.54, p < 0.05) in RNs. Job group did not moderate the association between working conditions and mental health. Future workplace interventions to improve mental health should reach to nursing staff at different levels and consider tailored working condition interventions in different nursing groups.
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  • Source:
    Issues Ment Health Nurs. 37(7):485-492.
  • Pubmed ID:
    27104634
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC5886762
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    U19 OH008857/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
  • Volume:
    37
  • Issue:
    7
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    urn:sha256:6af00c484fd66568095fcf74a4abe8f38cc6607f9f2df6780837bc29f5bba6ef
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