title: Workplace and personal factors associated with physical and mental health in hospital nurses in China.
abstract: Limited research exists on the workplace and personal factors that might be associated with the physical and mental health of nurses working in China. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to examine, in Chinese hospital nurses, the most frequently occurring workplace stressor, the most often used coping strategy, and the relationships that exist among workplace stressors, coping strategies, psychological hardiness, demographic characteristics, and physical and mental health. Four-hundred-and-eighty hospital nurses from five hospitals in three major Chinese cities were administered five self-report questionnaires. The findings indicated the most frequently cited workplace stressor was workload, while the most commonly used coping strategy was positive reappraisal. Numerous positive and negative correlations were found, suggesting the importance that workplace stress, coping strategies, psychological hardiness, and demographic characteristics play in relationship to each other, as well as to both the physical and mental health of Chinese nurses.
authors.affiliation: HOPE School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. vlambert@mcg.edu
authors.forename: Vickie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Clinton E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrini
authors.forename: Xiao Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010551:Personality; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D012307:Risk Factors; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology