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Sirois FM, Biskas M. Procrastination and Health in Nurses: Investigating the Roles of Stress, Health Behaviours and Social Support. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2024; 21:898. [PMID: 39063475 PMCID: PMC11277167 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21070898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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Objectives: Evidence linking chronic procrastination to a range of poor health outcomes and trajectories continues to build. Yet, much of this research has been conducted in academic contexts or in non-student samples. Despite theory indicating that high-stress contexts increase vulnerability for procrastination, the pathways linking chronic procrastination to health outcomes proposed by the procrastination-health model have not been examined in a high stress environment. Accordingly, we tested the contribution of procrastination to health in nurses and whether social support was a protective factor. Design: Pre-registered cross-sectional study using a random sample of nurses recruited from the membership of a regional nursing association, supplemented by nurses and nurse trainees recruited from online nursing associations, conferences and forums. Methods: Nurses and nurse trainees (N = 597) completed measures of chronic procrastination, stress, health behaviours, social support and self-rated health. Results: Chronic procrastination was associated with perceived stress, health behaviours, self-rated health and social support in the expected directions. Consistent with the procrastination-health model, structural equation modelling revealed significant indirect effects linking chronic procrastination to poor self-rated health through higher stress and fewer health behaviours. Contrary to our hypotheses, social support did not moderate these pathways. Conclusions: This study is the first to demonstrate the relevance of procrastination for health in high-stress, non-academic contexts and to find support for both the stress and behavioural pathways linking procrastination to poor health outcomes. Findings further highlight the importance of addressing chronic procrastination as a vulnerability factor for poor health in nurses.
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- Department of Psychology, Bradford University, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK;
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Han X, Nishida N, Morita M, Sakai T, Jiang Z. Compensation Method for Missing and Misidentified Skeletons in Nursing Care Action Assessment by Improving Spatial Temporal Graph Convolutional Networks. Bioengineering (Basel) 2024; 11:127. [PMID: 38391613 PMCID: PMC10886177 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering11020127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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With the increasing aging population, nursing care providers have been facing a substantial risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). Visual-based pose estimation methods, like OpenPose, are commonly used for ergonomic posture risk assessment. However, these methods face difficulty when identifying overlapping and interactive nursing tasks, resulting in missing and misidentified skeletons. To address this, we propose a skeleton compensation method using improved spatial temporal graph convolutional networks (ST-GCN), which integrates kinematic chain and action features to assess skeleton integrity and compensate for it. The results verified the effectiveness of our approach in optimizing skeletal loss and misidentification in nursing care tasks, leading to improved accuracy in calculating both skeleton joint angles and REBA scores. Moreover, comparative analysis against other skeleton compensation methods demonstrated the superior performance of our approach, achieving an 87.34% REBA accuracy score. Collectively, our method might hold promising potential for optimizing the skeleton loss and misidentification in nursing care tasks.
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- Xin Han
- Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, 2-16-1 Tokiwadai, Ube City 755-0097, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi, Ube City 755-8505, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, 2-16-1 Tokiwadai, Ube City 755-0097, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi, Ube City 755-8505, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, 2-16-1 Tokiwadai, Ube City 755-0097, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
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Thielmann B, Wagner A, Bozorgmehr A, Rind E, Siegel A, Hippler M, Weltermann B, Degen L, Göbel J, Minder K, Seifried-Dübon T, Junne F, Herrmann-Werner A, Jöckel KH, Schröder V, Pieper C, Eilerts AL, Wittich A, Rieger MA, Böckelmann I. The Predominance of the Health-Promoting Patterns of Work Behavior and Experience in General Practice Teams-Results of the IMPROVE job Study. Healthcare (Basel) 2024; 12:299. [PMID: 38338184 PMCID: PMC10855740 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12030299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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This study aims to identify the distribution of the "Work-related behavior and experience patterns" (Arbeitsbezogenes Verhaltens-und Erlebnismuster, AVEM) in general practitioners and their teams by using baseline data of the IMPROVEjob study. Members of 60 general practices with 84 physicians in a leadership position, 28 employed physicians, and 254 practice assistants participated in a survey in 2019 and 2020. In this analysis, we focused on AVEM variables. Age, practice years, work experience, and working time were used as control variables in the Spearman Rho correlations and analysis of variance. The majority of the participants (72.1%) revealed a health-promoting pattern (G or S). Three of eleven AVEM dimensions were above the norm for the professional group "employed physicians". The AVEM dimensions "striving for perfection" (p < 0.001), "experience of success at work" (p < 0.001), "satisfaction with life" (p = 0.003), and "experience of social support" (p = 0.019) differed significantly between the groups' practice owners and practice assistants, with the practice owners achieving the higher values, except for experience of social support. Practice affiliation had no effect on almost all AVEM dimensions. We found a high prevalence of AVEM health-promoting patterns in our sample. Nearly half of the participants in all professional groups showed an unambitious pattern (S). Adapted interventions for the represented AVEM patterns are possible and should be utilized for maintaining mental health among general practice teams.
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- Beatrice Thielmann
- Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany; (B.T.); (E.R.); (A.S.); (M.H.); (M.A.R.)
- Institute of Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany;
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- Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany; (B.T.); (E.R.); (A.S.); (M.H.); (M.A.R.)
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus. 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; (A.B.); (B.W.); (L.D.); (J.G.); (K.M.)
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- Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany; (B.T.); (E.R.); (A.S.); (M.H.); (M.A.R.)
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- Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany; (B.T.); (E.R.); (A.S.); (M.H.); (M.A.R.)
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- Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany; (B.T.); (E.R.); (A.S.); (M.H.); (M.A.R.)
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus. 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; (A.B.); (B.W.); (L.D.); (J.G.); (K.M.)
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus. 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; (A.B.); (B.W.); (L.D.); (J.G.); (K.M.)
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus. 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; (A.B.); (B.W.); (L.D.); (J.G.); (K.M.)
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus. 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; (A.B.); (B.W.); (L.D.); (J.G.); (K.M.)
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr. 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (T.S.-D.); (F.J.)
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Osianderstr. 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (T.S.-D.); (F.J.)
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- Tübingen Institute for Medical Education (TIME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuebingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;
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- Center for Clinical Trials, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany; (K.-H.J.); (V.S.)
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- Center for Clinical Trials, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany; (K.-H.J.); (V.S.)
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany; (C.P.)
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany; (C.P.)
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- Occupational Health Psychology—Research and Consulting, Sternbergstr 19, 72074 Tübingen, Germany;
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- Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany; (B.T.); (E.R.); (A.S.); (M.H.); (M.A.R.)
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany;
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Tjasink M, Keiller E, Stephens M, Carr CE, Priebe S. Art therapy-based interventions to address burnout and psychosocial distress in healthcare workers-a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:1059. [PMID: 37794353 PMCID: PMC10552408 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09958-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Burnout and psychosocial distress are serious and growing issues for healthcare workers (HCWs) and healthcare systems across the globe. Exacerbated by changes in healthcare delivery during and following the Covid-19 pandemic, these issues negatively affect HCW wellbeing, clinical outcomes and patient safety. Art Therapy has demonstrated promise as a suitable but under researched intervention, warranting further investigation. This systematic review aims to ascertain what art therapy-based interventions used to address burnout and / or psychosocial distress in HCWs have been reported in the health and social care literature and how these have been evaluated. METHODS Six databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, ProQuest Central), Google Scholar and three clinical trial registries (CENTRAL, ICTRP and ClinicalTrials.gov) were searched for studies using art therapy-based methods to engage with burnout risk or psychosocial distress in HCWs. Following screening for eligibility study characteristics and outcomes were extracted by two reviewers independently. Studies were evaluated using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Tools. Outcomes were grouped for analysis. Quantitative and qualitative results were synthesised and integrated using narrative synthesis. RESULTS Twenty-seven studies, drawn from thirteen countries, spanning five continents were selected for inclusion. Fifty percent were published in the last five years, indicating growing global research in the field. Fourteen studies used quantitative research methods and thirteen used qualitative methods. A total of 1580 participants took part in the studies, with nurses most broadly represented (59%). Interventions were mostly delivered in groups (95%) and by an art therapist (70%). Heterogeneity and insufficient randomised controlled trials precluded the possibility of meta-analysis. However, a review of available data showed evidence of medium to large effects for emotional exhaustion (burnout), work-related stress and common mental health issues. A content analysis of qualitative data of perceived effect complemented quantitative findings. CONCLUSION Global research into the use of art therapy-based methods to address burnout and psychosocial distress in HCWs is growing. Whilst further high-quality evidence such as randomised controlled trials would be beneficial, findings suggest that art therapy-based methods should be strongly considered as an acceptable and effective treatment for symptoms of emotional exhaustion (burnout) and psychosocial distress in HCWs.
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Korbus H, Hildebrand C, Schott N, Bischoff L, Otto AK, Jöllenbeck T, Schoene D, Voelcker-Rehage C, Vogt L, Weigelt M, Wollesen B. Health status, resources, and job demands in geriatric nursing staff: A cross-sectional study on determinants and relationships. Int J Nurs Stud 2023; 145:104523. [PMID: 37327686 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND According to current estimates, the number of people needing care will double in the next 40 years. It is expected that between 130,000 and 190,000 additional nurses will be needed by 2030 in Germany. Physical and psychological burdens associated with nursing in long-term care facilities can develop into serious health risk factors and significantly impact occupational factors such as absenteeism, especially when linked to difficult working conditions. However, demands and resources specific to the nursing profession have not been analyzed extensively to preserve and promote nurses' workability and health adequately. OBJECTIVE Our study aimed to examine the extent to which perceived health among geriatric nursing staff in Germany is predicted by personal resources, job demands, and job resources. In addition, we analyzed the impact of different behavior and experience patterns on these relationships. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS An observational study was conducted between August 2018 and February 2020 in 48 nursing home facilities with 854 staff members in Germany as part of the project 'PROCARE - Prevention and occupational health in long-term care'. METHODS The survey contained instruments that measure workplace exposure, musculoskeletal complaints, physical and mental well-being, chronic stress, and work-related behavior and experience patterns. In addition, health-related information on physical activity and nutrition was collected. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. RESULTS The combined physical and mental workload for geriatric nurses is very high, with 75 % showing chronic stress. In the overall model, job and personal resources have a stronger association with mental health than physical health, while job demands have an equal impact on mental and physical health. Coping behavior also plays an important key role that should be assessed and considered. A behavior and experience risk pattern (health-endangering) is more strongly associated with a lower health status than a health-promoting behavior pattern. Results of the multigroup test showed that work-related behavior and experience patterns significantly moderate the relationship between physical health and mental health (χ2 = 392/p ≤ .001/df = 256/RMSEA = 0.028/CFI = 0.958/TLI = 0.931). Only 43 % show a health-friendly coping pattern. CONCLUSIONS Our findings underline the importance of holistic health promotion, which not only aims at changes at the behavioral level and the development of coping strategies but also takes on the task of reducing the workload and including measures to improve the working climate. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER DRKS.de (DRKS00015241); August 9, 2018. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT Healthier coping patterns can benefit geriatric nurses' health. However, this is not a substitute for improving working conditions.
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Kabunga A, Kigongo E, Udho S, Auma AG, Okalo P, Apili B, Halimah N, Nalwoga V. Chronic stress and coping mechanisms among nurses in Lango sub-region, northern Uganda. Nurs Open 2023; 10:6101-6107. [PMID: 37199048 PMCID: PMC10415976 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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AIM This study aimed to assess chronic stress and coping mechanisms among nurses in Lango sub-region, northern Uganda, conducted between May and June 2022. DESIGN Institutional-based cross-sectional design conducted between May and June 2022. METHODS The study included 498 participants recruited from six health facilities. A 12-Item Short Form Survey tool was used to collect data on chronic stress, while a researcher-developed questionnaire was used to collect data on coping strategies. Descriptive statistics, binary logistic regression and multiple regression were conducted for data analysis. A p-value of 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS Out of 498 participants, 153 (30.7%) were aged between 31 and 40 years, 341 (68.5%) were female, 288 (57.8%) were married, and 266 (53.4%) had less than Diploma. Of the 498 participants, 351 (70.5%) experienced chronic stress. The protective factors against chronic stress were being married (AOR: 0.132; 95% CI: 0.043-0.408; p < 0.001), optimizing shift length (AOR: 0.056; 95% CI: 0.027-0.115; p < 0.001), religiosity/Spirituality (AOR: 2.750; 95% CI: 1.376-5.497; p = 0.004), and regular exercise and breaks (AOR: 0.405; 95% CI: 0.223-0.737; p = 0.003).
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- Amir Kabunga
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of MedicineLira UniversityLiraUganda
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- Department of Environmental Health and Disease ControlLira UniversityLiraUganda
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and MidwiferyLira UniversityLiraUganda
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and MidwiferyLira UniversityLiraUganda
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of MedicineLira UniversityLiraUganda
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of MedicineLira UniversityLiraUganda
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- Department of Mental HealthMakerere UniversityKampalaUganda
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of MedicineLira UniversityLiraUganda
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Lieneck C, Bair J, Ardell S, Aldridge B, Austin BJ. Facilitators Associated with Nursing Burnout in the Ambulatory Care Setting as COVID-19 Subsides: A Rapid Review. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:2122. [PMID: 37570363 PMCID: PMC10418695 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11152122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the healthcare industry and its workforce, particularly nurses, who have been at the forefront of patient care. As the world begins to emerge from the pandemic, attention is turning to the long-term effects of the crisis on nurses' mental health and well-being, and specifically nursing burnout. Prevalent risk factors related to nursing burnout often historically involve high workload, insufficient support and/or resources, work-life imbalance, and even lack of autonomy and organization climate challenges. Understanding the factors that contribute to nursing burnout to help mitigate it is vital to ensuring the ongoing health and well-being of the nursing workforce, especially since the ongoing waning of coronavirus (COVID-19). This rapid review identifies 36 articles and explores the latest research on nursing burnout in outpatient (ambulatory care) healthcare facilities as the global pandemic continues to subside, and therefore identifies constructs that suggest areas for future research beyond previously identified contributing factors of nursing burnout while the pandemic virus levels were high.
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- Cristian Lieneck
- School of Health Administration, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
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- School of Health Sciences, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA; (J.B.); (S.A.); (B.A.); (B.J.A.)
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- School of Health Sciences, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA; (J.B.); (S.A.); (B.A.); (B.J.A.)
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- School of Health Sciences, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA; (J.B.); (S.A.); (B.A.); (B.J.A.)
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- School of Health Sciences, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA; (J.B.); (S.A.); (B.A.); (B.J.A.)
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Baumann H, Heuel L, Bischoff LL, Wollesen B. mHealth interventions to reduce stress in healthcare workers (fitcor): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2023; 24:163. [PMID: 36869368 PMCID: PMC9985281 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07182-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Causes and consequences of chronic stress levels in the context of healthcare work are well examined. Nevertheless, the implementation and evaluation of high-quality interventions to reduce stress of healthcare workers is still missing. Internet and app-based interventions are a promising venue for providing interventions for stress reduction to a population that is otherwise difficult to reach due to shift work and time constraints in general. To do so, we developed the internet and app-based intervention (fitcor), a digital coaching of individual stress coping for health care workers. METHODS We applied the SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials) statement as a guideline for the present protocol. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted. There are five different intervention groups and one waiting control group. To achieve the sample sizes required by power analysis (G*Power) (β-error 80%; effect size 0.25), the sample sizes of the respective scenarios will be at best as follows: 336 care workers from hospitals, 192 administrative health personnel, 145 care workers from stationary elderly care homes, and 145 care workers from ambulatory care providers in Germany. Participants will randomly be assigned to one of five different intervention groups. A crossover design with a waiting control group is planned. Interventions will be accompanied by three measurement points, first a baseline measure, second a post-intervention measure directly after completion of the intervention, and a follow-up measure 6 weeks after completion of the intervention. At all three measurement points, perceived team conflict, work-related experience patterns, personality, satisfaction with internet-based training, and back pain will be assessed using questionnaires, as well as heart rate variability, sleep quality, and daily movement will be recorded using an advanced sensor. DISCUSSION Workers in the health care sector increasingly face high job demands and stress levels. Traditional health interventions fail to reach the respective population due to organizational constraints. Implementation of digital health interventions has been found to improve stress coping behavior; however, the evidence in health care settings has not been established. To the best of our knowledge, fitcor is the first internet and app-based intervention to reduce stress among nursing and administrative health care personnel. TRIAL REGISTRATION The trial was registered at DRKS.de on 12 July 2021, registration number: DRKS00024605.
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- Hannes Baumann
- Institute of Biological Psychology and Neuroergonomics, Technical University of Berlin, Fasanenstr. 1, 10623, Berlin, Germany. .,Institute of Human Movement Science, University of Hamburg, Turmweg 2, 20148, Hamburg, Germany. .,Institute of Interdisciplinary Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Medical School Hamburg, Am Kaiserkai 1, Hamburg, Hamburg, 20457, Germany.
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- Institute of Biological Psychology and Neuroergonomics, Technical University of Berlin, Fasanenstr. 1, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Human Movement Science, University of Hamburg, Turmweg 2, 20148, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Movement Science, University of Hamburg, Turmweg 2, 20148, Hamburg, Germany
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Hou B, Li L, Zheng L, Qi Y, Zhou S. Linking Exercise Intention to Exercise Action: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy. Front Psychol 2022; 13:921285. [PMID: 35910992 PMCID: PMC9326305 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.921285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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As physical exercise benefits both physical and psychological health of college students, it is important to promote the habit of physical exercise among them. This study adopted the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model to understand the exercise intention–action link and determine the moderating role of self-efficacy. We recruited 242 students from a university in China and asked them to complete a six-wave survey. The survey results indicated that exercise intention was positively related to both coping planning and action planning, which pave the way to performing the action of exercise. However, such mediation effects varied under conditions of self-efficacy. Participants with high self-efficacy exhibited stronger relationships between intention and planning, and between planning and action. The study results suggest that planning has a time-lagged mediation effect in the relationship between intention and action. Additionally, the findings shed light on the moderating role of self-efficacy, which can be useful in developing health-promotion strategies for college students.
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- Bin Hou
- School of Public Administration, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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- School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Lei Zheng
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- Graduate School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Yating Qi
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- School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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