Protocol for the National Nurse Health Study (NNHS): a web-based ambispective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The physical and mental health of nurses may significantly impact the entire medical care group and directly affect the quality of medical services. Due to the intense emotional involvement and often problematic working conditions that characterise their profession, nurses appear to be especially susceptible to a complex set of stressors with repercussions to their health. Several landmark studies of nurses have provided an abundance of evidence on risk factors that influence the health status of nurses. However, few studies have investigated the health status of nurses who work in high-intensity work environments in China. The National Nurse Health Study (NNHS) objective is to build an ambispective cohort to gather web-based information on early-life events, daily hab

SUBMITTER: Zhuo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8378396 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature