title: Factors associated with nurses' intention to leave their jobs after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant accident.
abstract: We conducted a survey among nurses who were working at the Fukushima Medical University Hospital at the time of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident to clarify the factors associated with their intention to leave their jobs during the radiation emergency. We asked 345 nurses (17 men and 328 women) about their intention to leave their jobs after the accident. We also asked about relevant factors including the participants' demographic factors, living situation, working status, and knowledge of radiation health effects. We found that living with preschoolers (OR = 1.87, 95%CI: 1.02-3.44, p = 0.042), anxiety about life in Fukushima City after the accident (OR = 5.55, 95%CI: 1.18-26.13, p = 0.030), consideration of evacuation from Fukushima after the accident (OR = 2.42, 95%CI: 1.45-4.06, p = 0.001), consideration of the possible radiation health effects in children (OR = 1.90, 95%CI: 1.02-3.44, p = 0.042), and anxiety about relationships with colleagues in the hospital after the accident (OR = 3.23, p = 0.001) were independently associated with the nurses' intention to leave their jobs after the accident. On the other hand, the percentage of nurses with knowledge on radiation health effects was relatively low among those who had the intention to leave the job and among those who did not have the intention to leave the job after the accident, with no significant differences between the two groups. Our results suggest the need for an education program for nurses regarding radiation health effects.
authors: Department of Global Health, Medicine, and Welfare, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan; Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
authors: Yoshinobu
authors: Y
authors: Sato
authors: Department of Global Health, Medicine, and Welfare, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors: Naomi
authors: N
authors: Hayashida
authors: Department of Global Health, Medicine, and Welfare, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan; Department of Nursing, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors: Makiko
authors: M
authors: Orita
authors: Department of Nursing, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors: Hideko
authors: H
authors: Urata
authors: Department of Nursing, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors: Tetsuko
authors: T
authors: Shinkawa
authors: Hirosaki University School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan.
authors: Yoshiko
authors: Y
authors: Fukushima
authors: Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
authors: Yumiko
authors: Y
authors: Nakashima
authors: Department of Radioisotope Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Kudo
authors: Department of Radiation Medical Sciences, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors: Shunichi
authors: S
authors: Yamashita
authors: Department of Global Health, Medicine, and Welfare, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors: Noboru
authors: N
authors: Takamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce