| Title |
A Daily Diary Approach to the Examination of Chronic Stress, Daily Hassles and Safety Perceptions in Hospital Nursing
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| Published in |
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12529-017-9655-2 |
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| Authors |
Gemma Louch, Jane O’Hara, Peter Gardner, Daryl B. O’Connor |
| Abstract |
Stress is a significant concern for individuals and organisations. Few studies have explored stress, burnout and patient safety in hospital nursing on a daily basis at the individual level. This study aimed to examine the effects of chronic stress and daily hassles on safety perceptions, the effect of chronic stress on daily hassles experienced and chronic stress as a potential moderator. Utilising a daily diary design, 83 UK hospital nurses completed three end-of-shift diaries, yielding 324 person days. Hassles, safety perceptions and workplace cognitive failure were measured daily, and a baseline questionnaire included a measure of chronic stress. Hierarchical multivariate linear modelling was used to analyse the data. Higher chronic stress was associated with more daily hassles, poorer perceptions of safety and being less able to practise safely, but not more workplace cognitive failure. Reporting more daily hassles was associated with poorer perceptions of safety, being less able to practise safely and more workplace cognitive failure. Chronic stress did not moderate daily associations. The hassles reported illustrate the wide-ranging hassles nurses experienced. The findings demonstrate, in addition to chronic stress, the importance of daily hassles for nurses' perceptions of safety and the hassles experienced by hospital nurses on a daily basis. Nurses perceive chronic stress and daily hassles to contribute to their perceptions of safety. Measuring the number of daily hassles experienced could proactively highlight when patient safety threats may arise, and as a result, interventions could usefully focus on the management of daily hassles. |
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| United Kingdom | 8 | 50% |
| Ireland | 2 | 13% |
| Austria | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 5 | 31% |
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| Scientists | 9 | 56% |
| Members of the public | 6 | 38% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
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| Student > Master | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Researcher | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 29 | 40% |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 17% |
| Psychology | 10 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 8% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
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