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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Published in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 6/2014

01-11-2014 | Regular Article

Job-related stress in psychiatric nurses in Japan caring for elderly patients with dementia

Authors: Hironori Yada, Hiroshi Abe, Xi Lu, Yuko Wakizaki, Hisamitsu Omori, Hisae Matsuo, Yasushi Ishida, Takahiko Katoh

Published in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | Issue 6/2014

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Abstract

Objectives

We investigated the specificity and structures of job-related stress in psychiatric dementia nurses (PDNs) caring for elderly patients with serious behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia who required substantial assistance with activities of daily living, in order to obtain fundamental knowledge toward providing mental health care for these nurses.

Methods

Subjects were 244 nurses [63 PDNs and 181 other psychiatric nurses (OPNs)]

Results

Analysis of covariance to examine the specificity of job-related stress in PDNs revealed physical workload and work environment to be more significant stressors, and irritability and anxiety to be more significant stress reactions in PDNs than in OPNs. An examination of PDNs’ job-related stress structures established in a structural equation model with two stress reactions confirmed as specific outcomes for PDNs revealed a significant positive influence of work environment on irritability; utilization of techniques for anxiety and physical workload influenced both stress reactions.

Conclusions

Our findings highlight the importance of reducing physical workload and environment and establishing a structure for nursing techniques in psychiatric dementia wards to improve the mental health of PDNs.
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Metadata
Title
Job-related stress in psychiatric nurses in Japan caring for elderly patients with dementia
Authors
Hironori Yada
Hiroshi Abe
Xi Lu
Yuko Wakizaki
Hisamitsu Omori
Hisae Matsuo
Yasushi Ishida
Takahiko Katoh
Publication date
01-11-2014
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 1342-078X
Electronic ISSN: 1347-4715
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-014-0414-6

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