Identifying cut-off scores for job demands and job control in nursing professionals: a cross-sectional survey in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Nurses are generally found to be vulnerable to burnout, but nurses working in cancer care are even more so, since this profession is characterised by continuous confrontation with suffering and death. This study was designed to identify cut-off scores for job strain, that is, low job control and high job demands, for a sample of nurses working in breast cancer care. The main goal was to find cut-off scores, which predict the risk of nurses of developing a mental disorder from high job strain.

Design

The design was a cross-sectional survey study.

Setting

The study is based on an employee survey in breast cancer centres in Germany.

Participants

688 nurses received a questionnaire; 329 nurses from 33 hospitals participated in the survey (return rate: 50

SUBMITTER: Zeike S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303688 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature