Preventing occupational stress in healthcare workers

Preventing occupational stress in healthcare workers.

BACKGROUND Healthcare workers can suffer from occupational stress which may lead to serious mental and physical health problems. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of work and person-directed interventions in preventing stress at work in healthcare workers. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Depression Anxiety and Neurosis Group trials Specialised Register, MEDLINE, PsychInfo an...

Occupational Deaths among Healthcare Workers

Recent experiences with severe acute respiratory syndrome and the US smallpox vaccination program have demonstrated the vulnerability of healthcare workers to occupationally acquired infectious diseases. However, despite acknowledgment of risk, the occupational death rate for healthcare workers is unknown. In contrast, the death rate for other professions with occupational risk, such as police ...

Healthcare workers' perceptions of occupational exposure.

Occupational Stress: Preventing Suffering, Enhancing Wellbeing †

Occupational stress is a known health risk for a range of psychological, behavioral, and medical disorders and diseases. Organizations and individuals can mitigate these disorders through preventive stress management and enhanced wellbeing. This article addresses, first, the known health risk evidence related to occupational stress; second, the use of preventive stress management in organizatio...

Stress and Burnout in Healthcare Workers

Work-related stress (of which burnout might be an example) is one of the most common work-related health problems. Currently, psychiatric illness (particularly depression, anxiety disorders, and stress related conditions) is the most common cause for long-term sick-leave in Sweden for women, and the second largest for men. Finding adequate strategies to prevent stress and burnout therefore seem...