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- Title
Effort–reward imbalance and depressive state in nurses.
- Authors
Kikuchi, Y.; Nakaya, M.; Ikeda, M.; Narita, K.; Takeda, M.; Nishi, M.
- Abstract
Background The mental health of nurses is an important issue. Aims To examine relationships between effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and depression and anxiety in nurses of a Japanese general hospital. Methods A self-report survey was conducted among 406 nurses. Work stress was measured using a Japanese version of the ERI scale. Depression and anxiety were assessed by an item of the QOL-26. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the independent contribution of the effort-reward ratios or overcommitment to the depressive state. Results Both higher effort-money ratio and higher overcommitment significantly correlated with the depressive state (OR: 2.75; 95% CI: 1.34-5.66 and OR: 1.27; 95% CI: 1.15-1.41, respectively). Conclusions These findings suggest that in addition to effort-money ratio, overcommitment at work is an especially important issue that may be able to be managed in health promotion services for nurses in general hospitals.
- Subjects
JAPAN; HEALTH of nurses; JOB stress; MENTAL health; MENTAL depression; ANXIETY; SELF-report inventories; LOGISTIC regression analysis
- Publication
Occupational Medicine, 2010, Vol 60, Issue 3, p231
- ISSN
0962-7480
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/occmed/kqp167