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Influence of Workload Burden on Shift Work Disorder among Nurses in Selected Nigerian Teaching Hospitals.
- Source :
- International Journal of Caring Sciences; May-Aug2019, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p788-797, 10p, 5 Charts, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background: High nurse-patient ratios are burdensome for nurses and seem to be associated with shift work disorder. This study determined nurses' workload using nurse-patient ratios as indexes and examined the influence of workload burden on shift work disorder (SWD) among nurses. Methods: An ex-post facto design was utilized and was conducted in selected tertiary hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 422 respondents. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was analyzed with SPSS Version 20. Results Mean of respondents working on the wards was 13 ±5.1; the average nurse-patient ratio was 1: 8 ± 6.4. Prevalence of symptoms predictive of SWD was (49.6%). More than half of the nurses (55.9%) had high workload, while (44.1%) had low workload. Workload was significantly associated with insomnia (χ² = 7.07, p = 0.001), and sleepiness (χ²= 5.77, p = 0.01) among nurses. Conclusion: The study concluded that nurses who had more patients to care for had more symptoms predictive of shift work disorder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ACADEMIC medical centers
ANALYSIS of variance
PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout
CHI-squared test
CLUSTER analysis (Statistics)
DROWSINESS
INSOMNIA
PSYCHOLOGY of nurses
QUESTIONNAIRES
STATISTICAL sampling
SHIFT systems
SLEEP disorders
EMPLOYEES' workload
NURSE-patient ratio
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
INFERENTIAL statistics
TERTIARY care
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17915201
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Caring Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138636065