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Author Year/Country |
Study Design/objective |
Sample (♀/♂) |
Intervention/ Statistical analyses |
Main Results Mental health associated with the work process |
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Yoon et al. 2013 South Korea |
Cross-sectional study, descriptive and exploratory To analyze the relationship between work-related stress, emotional labor and depressive symptoms among nurses in South Korea. |
441a | Without Intervention. Chi-square test, Stepwise logistic regression, with odds ratio |
Nurses not married or unmarried are more vulnerable to experience depressive symptoms. Factors associated with depressive symptoms were: surface acting, lack of reward and job insecurity. |
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Hossis et al. 2013 Saudi Arabia |
Descriptive study. Explore the effects of job stress on physical and mental health of nurses working in Saudi Arabia. |
152 (108/44) |
Without Intervention. Chi-square |
Almost half of nurses had physical and mental diseases. 49.3% of nurses had severe exhaustion, 27.6% and 27% severe insomnia fatigue and weakness. 38.8% of nurses had severe nervousness, 13.2% severe indifference, depression 13.1% and 11.8% reduced job performance. |
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Gouva et al. 2009 Greece |
Descriptive study. Understanding of being a nurse in the National Health Service of Greece. |
9 (7/2) |
Individual interviews with 40-50 minutes long, being held thematic analysis VanManen. Without statistical tests |
Three essential themes: dissonance between the idealization and the reality of nursing, emotional distress and psychosomatic situation. The dissonance between the idealization and the reality of nursing, along with the emotional crisis of daily practice, were the two key factors for the development of psychosomatic complications. The professional stress is related to the practice emotionally charged and the lack of appropriate mechanisms to discharge such emotions. |
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Estryn-Behar et al. 2008 10 European countries |
Multicenter, descriptive and exploratory study. Identify the prevalence of violence in nursing |
39.898 (32 159/ 3739) |
Without Intervention. Stepwise logistic regression, with odds ratio |
22% of nurses reported exposure to violent events of patients or relatives, where the highest prevalence was in the sectors: psychiatric, geriatric units and emergency. Nurses who reported exposure to violence had higher levels of job stress and greater intentions to leave the nursing profession or change of employer. Nurses who worked at night were more exposed to violence and professional stress. |
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Laschinger et al. 2012 Canada |
This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study. Understanding occupational stress of newly graduated nurses |
420a | The theoretical model of worklife from demands of labor resources. Chi-square test, t-test. |
The work demands were related to fatigue and mental health problems Labor resources were predictors of greater engagement at work. The personal resource were predictive of professional stress and engagement at work. These factors combine to influence professional stress experiences, engagement at work, mental health and results in the work of newly graduated nurses |