Assessing Modifiable Environmental Work Factors Influencing Mood Symptoms in Long-Term Care Staff.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Journal of gerontological nursing Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI:10.3928/00989134-20250905-02

Kelly Doran, Douglas Gyamfi, Lauren Anderson, Kelly Brown, Gurpreet Kaur Saini, Barbara Resnick, Shijun Zhu

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Abstract

Purpose: To investigate modifiable environmental work factors impacting long-term care (LTC) workers' mood symptoms. This is a first step in creating interventions that can improve mood symptoms and reduce turnover.

Method: This descriptive study used baseline data from a trial within six worksites (N = 112). Through self-reported surveys, mood symptoms were analyzed using the 21-item version of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale, and environmental factors, such as job demands, decision authority, job duties, social support, and organizational justice, were measured using the Job Strain Model tool.

Results: After controlling for age, organizational justice (β = 0.361, p ≤ 0.001) significantly influenced mood symptoms and explained 15% of the variance in mood symptoms.

Conclusion: Organizational justice may reduce mood symptoms in LTC staff. These findings offer managers and researchers insights for potential interventions with this population.

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评估影响长期照护人员情绪症状的可改变环境工作因素。

目的：探讨可改变的环境工作因素对长期护理（LTC）工人情绪症状的影响。这是创造干预措施的第一步，可以改善情绪症状并减少周转。方法：本描述性研究采用6个工作场所（N = 112）试验的基线数据。通过自我报告调查，使用21项版本的抑郁焦虑和压力量表分析情绪症状，并使用工作压力模型工具测量环境因素，如工作需求，决策权，工作职责，社会支持和组织公正。结果：在控制年龄后，组织公正对情绪症状有显著影响（β = 0.361, p≤0.001），可解释15%的情绪症状变异。结论：组织公正可以减轻LTC员工的情绪症状。这些发现为管理人员和研究人员提供了对这一人群进行潜在干预的见解。

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Journal of gerontological nursing 医学-护理

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

7.70%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Gerontological Nursing is a monthly, peer-reviewed journal publishing clinically relevant original articles on the practice of gerontological nursing across the continuum of care in a variety of health care settings, for more than 40 years.