[Risk factors of nurses' occupational adaptability].
OBJECTIVE
To explore factors affecting occupational adaptability in nurses for offering basis to increase their occupational adaptability.


METHODS
Five hundred and forty-five nurses were investigated with work ability index questionnaire and occupational stress instruments.


RESULTS
There were many risk factors affecting occupational adaptability in nurses. The main variables that influenced occupational adaptability included work-overtime, mental load, social support, physical environment, and job hazards. The social support was the factor increasing the occupational adaptability of the nurses (P < 0.01, OR = 0.912). Five factors including work overtime, mental load, social support, physical environment and job hazards were introduced in the Logistic equation. The established functions were: Logit (P) = -11.357 + 1.011x(1) + 0.335x(2) - 0.076x(3) + 0.260x(4) + 0.129x(5).


CONCLUSIONS
There are many risk factors affecting occupational adaptability in nurses. Relevant measures should be taken to promote the occupational adaptability in nurses to reduce the risk factors.
Zou
Zhi-fang
ZF
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Guangdong College of Pharmacy, Guangzhou 510224, China.
Li
Bo-ling
BL
Yao
Wen-ying
WY
Yang
Sui-lian
SL
Wu
Yao-hui
YH
Chen
Qiu-ni
QN
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology