Contextualising the job demands-resources model: a cross-sectional study of the psychosocial work environment across different healthcare professions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The deteriorating psychosocial work environment among healthcare workers in Sweden, influenced by demanding working conditions and resource constraints, affects individual well-being and patient care quality. Healthcare workers, including physicians, registered nurses, and nursing assistants, often work interdependently and share workplaces, yet are three completely different professions. Nonetheless, comprehensive studies comparing their psychosocial work environments are scarce; often focusing on healthcare workers either separately or as a homogenous group, but rarely comparative.

Aim

Utilising the job demands-resources model, this study investigated variations in the psychosocial work environment among Swedish healthcare workers. We wanted to identify how the

SUBMITTER: Gynning BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11577852 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature