Staff stress in head injury rehabilitation.
Recent research has suggested that staff working with head-injured (HI) patients experience higher levels of psychopathology than those working with non-HI patients, mirroring findings obtained with relatives of HI subjects. The present study examined this issue further while controlling for the influence of a range of occupational and extraneous, non-occupational factors which moderate the experience of staff stress. The results indicated that nurses involved in the rehabilitation of HI patients did not differ significantly from those working with non-HI patients on measures of overall stress, job satisfaction or psychopathology. The implications of these findings are discussed, with particular relevance to the potentially important protective effect of staff-patient ratios.
Van den Broek
M D
MD
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, Rathbone Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Lye
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D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*