BACKGROUND For hospital accreditation and health promotion reasons, we examined whether the 22-item Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) could be applied to evaluate job strain of individual hospital employees and to determine the number of factors extracted from JCQ. Additionally, we developed an Excel module of self-evaluation diagnostic system for consultation with experts. METHODS To develop a...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the nursing unit design on stress and job satisfaction. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire (DCSQ) were administered to 40 nurse participants to evaluate staff stress, job satisfaction, and perceptions of work environment. In addition, two follow-up focus groups were conducted to expand upon the collec...

Little is known about the job strain of staff working in disability institutions. This study investigated the staff's job strain profile and its determinants which included the worker characteristics and the psychosocial working environments in Taiwan. A cross-sectional study survey was carried out among 1243 workers by means of a self-answered questionnaire. The outcome variable (high-strain j...

Objective To investigate the general characteristics of video display terminal (VDT) workers with lower extremity pain, to identify the risk factors of work-related lower extremity pain, and to examine the relationship between work stress and health-related quality of life. Methods A questionnaire about the general characteristics of the survey group and the musculoskeletal symptom was used. ...

BACKGROUND Faced with the challenge of population aging, a prolonged working life is increasingly important in today's society. Maintaining work ability of employees is one of the effective ways to cope with the challenges to sustainability of the workforce presented by population aging. Researchers have shown ongoing interest in exploring the determinants of restricted work ability. The aim of...

introduction: the nursing staff, compared to other professions, have less healthy work environment and always face a lot of job stress. the quality of the relationship between nurses and physicians has a significant impact on nurses. thus, the aim of the present study was to determine the correlation between job stress for nurses with professional communication between nurses and physicians. ma...

BACKGROUND Job related affective well-being is important for a healthy life and job satisfaction for all individuals, including physicians. The later group, however, is most often compromised. OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate a group of Turkish primary health care physicians' job related emotional perceptions and to assess their reactions in terms of stress, anxiety and depression. METHOD...