title: Job demands-resources predicting burnout and work engagement among Belgian home health care nurses: A cross-sectional study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A better knowledge of the job aspects that may predict home health care nurses' burnout and work engagement is important in view of stress prevention and health promotion. The Job Demands-Resources model predicts that job demands and resources relate to burnout and work engagement but has not previously been tested in the specific context of home health care nursing.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study offers a comprehensive test of the Job-Demands Resources model in home health care nursing. We investigate the main and interaction effects of distinctive job demands (workload, emotional demands and aggression) and resources (autonomy, social support and learning opportunities) on burnout and work engagement.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analyses were conducted using cross-sectional data from 675 Belgian home health care nurses, who participated in a voluntary and anonymous survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results show that workload and emotional demands were positively associated with burnout, whereas aggression was unrelated to burnout. All job resources were associated with higher levels of work engagement and lower levels of burnout. In addition, social support buffered the positive relationship between workload and burnout.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Home health care organizations should invest in dealing with workload and emotional demands and stimulating the job resources under study to reduce the risk of burnout and increase their nurses' work engagement.
authors.affiliation: Knowledge, Information and Research Center (KIR), IDEWE, An External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium; Occupational & Organisational Psychology and Professional Learning, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Electronic address: tinne.vanderelst@idewe.be.
authors.forename: Tinne
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vander Elst
authors.affiliation: Wit-Gele Kruis van Antwerpen, Herentals, Antwerpen, Belgium.
authors.forename: Carolien
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cavents
authors.affiliation: Wit-Gele Kruis van Antwerpen, Herentals, Antwerpen, Belgium.
authors.forename: Katrien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daneels
authors.affiliation: Knowledge, Information and Research Center (KIR), IDEWE, An External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.
authors.forename: Kristien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johannik
authors.affiliation: Human Relations Research Group, KU Leuven, Brussels, Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium.
authors.forename: Elfi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baillien
authors.affiliation: Human Relations Research Group, KU Leuven, Brussels, Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium; Optentia, North West University, Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South-Africa.
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van den Broeck
authors.affiliation: Knowledge, Information and Research Center (KIR), IDEWE, An External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium; Environment and Health, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lode
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Godderis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001530:Belgium; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Burnout; Home health care nursing; Interaction between latent variables; Job Demands–Resources Theory; Job demands; Job resources; Questionnaire; Structural equation modeling; Work engagement