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Nurses' Practice Environment and Work-Family Conflict in Relation to Burn Out: A Multilevel Modelling Approach

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Leineweber, Constanze, Westerlund, Hugo, Chungkham, Holendro Singh, Lindqvist, Rikard, Runesdotter, Sara, Tishelman, Carol·2014·PLoS ONE

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OBJECTIVES: To investigate associations between nurse work practice environment measured at department level and individual level work-family conflict on burnout, measured as emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment among Swedish RNs. METHODS: A multilevel model was fit with the individual RN at the 1st, and the hospital department at the 2nd level using cross-sectional RN survey data from the Swedish part of RN4CAST, an EU 7th framework project. The data analysed here is based on a national sample of 8,620 RNs from 369 departments in 53 hospitals. RESULTS: Generally, RNs reported high values of personal accomplishment and lower values of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. High work-family conflict increased the risk for emotional exhaustion, but for neither depersonalization nor personal accomplishment. On department level adequate staffing and good leadership and support for nurses reduced the risk for emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Personal accomplishment was statistically significantly related to staff adequacy. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that adequate staffing, good leadership, and support for nurses are crucial for RNs' mental health. Our findings also highlight the importance of hospital managers developing policies and practices to facilitate the successful combination of work with private life for employees.

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Authors
Leineweber, C., Westerlund, H., Chungkham, H. S., Lindqvist, R., Runesdotter, S., & Tishelman, C.
Affiliations
  • Stockholm University (SE)
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
Corresponding author
Leineweber, Constanze
Venue
PLoS ONE
Published
2014-05-12
Volume
9
Issue
5
Pages
e96991
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1984185491
Cited by
95
References
50
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FWCI
25.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • European Commission (2007–2013, 223468)
  • Forskningsrådet för Arbetsliv och Socialvetenskap (2009-1077, 2011-0403, 2009-1758)
  • Karolinska Institutet
  • Stockholms Läns Landsting
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Nursing education and management
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Keywords
nurse burnout, work-family conflict, nursing work environment, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, nursing leadership, nursing support, hospital departments, RN4CAST
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Burnout, Professional, Conflict, Psychological, Emotions, Environment, Family, Mental Fatigue, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nurses, Models, Statistical, Workplace, Multilevel Analysis, Young Adult

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