Assessment of Psychosocial Risks and Affecting Factors in Active Working Life of Nurses
Aim: This descriptive study was conducted to determine the psychosocial risks of nurses working in hospitals and the factors affecting them. Method: The study was conducted in a city hospital in Istanbul. The population consisted of 450 nurses and the sample consisted of 208 nurses. The data were co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association of Nurse Managers
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Sağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=shyd&un=SHYD-26213 |
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| Summary: | Aim: This descriptive study was conducted to determine the psychosocial risks of nurses working in hospitals and the factors affecting them.
Method: The study was conducted in a city hospital in Istanbul. The population consisted of 450 nurses and the sample consisted of 208 nurses. The data were collected with the descriptive characteristics of nurses information form and Copenhagen Psychosocial Risk Assessment Scale (Kopsor-Tr). In the context of data analysis, the frequency, mean, and standard deviation were employed as descriptive statistics. To facilitate the comparison of independent variables with Kopsor-Tr sub-dimensions, the Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were utilized.
Results: When the individual descriptive characteristics of the nurses were analysed, 38% were between 22-25 years of age, 76% were female, 73.6% were single, 73.1% were bachelor's degree graduates, and 52.9% had income equal to expenses. When the descriptive characteristics of the work life of the nurses were examined, it was found that 92.3% of the participants were working as nurses, 45.7% had been working in this profession for 4-9 years, 47.6% had been working in their current institution for 3 years or less, and 91.8% worked daytime and on-call. As a result, 25 psychosocial risks to which nurses are exposed were identified. Cognitive demands, work speed, and burnout were the areas where nurses had the highest psychosocial risk, while the areas where nurses had the least risk were lack of development opportunities, lack of sense of community, and meaninglessness of work.
Conclusion: Nurses' workplaces harbour many psychosocial risks. Psychosocial risk factors arising from systemic, managerial or individual reasons affect service delivery in health institutions in an undesirable way. It may cause unexpected negative effects on patients and their relatives, especially health personnel. Preventing or minimising these risk factors contributes to efficient, high quality service delivery that cares about patient safety. |
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| ISSN: | 2149-018X |