Chronic stress, behavioral tendencies, and determinants of health behaviors in nurses: a mixed-methods approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurses experience high, and often chronic, levels of occupational stress. As high-quality care requires a healthy workforce, individualized stress-alleviating interventions for nurses are needed. This study explored barriers and resources associated with health behaviors in nurses with different stress levels and work-related behavioral tendencies and identified health behavior determinants based on the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model.

Methods

Applying a mixed methods transformative triangulation design, n = 43 nurses filled out chronic stress (SSCS) and work-related behavior and experience patterns (German acronym AVEM) questionnaires, and participated in semi-structured interviews. With content analysis, categories of health behavior-related barriers

SUBMITTER: Heuel L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8967083 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature