biostudies-literatureUnknown23(1)Zhang X<h4>Background</h4>Psychiatric nurses face additional challenges due to negative perceptions, workplace violence, and a lack of respect, impacting their well-being and job satisfaction, which are crucial for improving psychiatric care and patient outcomes.<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aims to examine the relationship between effort-reward imbalance, well-being, burnout, and decent work among psychiatric nurses.<h4>Methods</h4>This study used a cross-sectional design. Data were collected using a convenience sampling method in February 2024 from 397 psychiatric nurses at two psychiatric hospitals in Hangzhou and Huzhou, Zhejiang Province. The Effort-Reward Imbalance Scale, Decent Work Perception Scale, Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, and General Well-Being Schedule Scale were used BMC nursing635https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11389592biostudies-literatureEffort-reward imbalance and well-being among psychiatric nurses: the mediating role of burnout and decent work.PMC11389592Yan MLi YXue BZhang XHuang XZhang LLuo HfalseEffort-reward imbalance and well-being among psychiatric nurses: the mediating role of burnout and decent work.<h4>Background</h4>Psychiatric nurses face additional challenges due to negative perceptions, workplace violence, and a lack of respect, impacting their well-being and job satisfaction, which are crucial for improving psychiatric care and patient outcomes.<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aims to examine the relationship between effort-reward imbalance, well-being, burnout, and decent work among psychiatric nurses.<h4>Methods</h4>This study used a cross-sectional design. Data were collected using a convenience sampling method in February 2024 from 397 psychiatric nurses at two psychiatric hospitals in Hangzhou and Huzhou, Zhejiang Province. The Effort-Reward Imbalance Scale, Decent Work Perception Scale, Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, and General Well-Being Schedule Scale were used 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Sep2026-06-02T03:54:39.771Z2025-04-04T18:54:00.56ZS-EPMC113895923925674510.1186/s12912-024-02301-4