Staff stress in head injury rehabilitation

Recent research has suggested that staff working with head-injured (HI) patients experience higher levels of psychopathology than those working with non-HI patients, mirroring findings obtained with relatives of HI subjects. The present study examined this issue further while controlling for the inf...

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Published inBrain injury Vol. 10; no. 2; p. 133
Main Authors Van den Broek, M D, Lye, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.02.1996
Subjects
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Brain Injuries - nursing
Brain Injuries - rehabilitation
Brain Injuries - therapy
Health Personnel - psychology
Hospitalization
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Middle Aged
Nurses - psychology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
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Summary:Recent research has suggested that staff working with head-injured (HI) patients experience higher levels of psychopathology than those working with non-HI patients, mirroring findings obtained with relatives of HI subjects. The present study examined this issue further while controlling for the influence of a range of occupational and extraneous, non-occupational factors which moderate the experience of staff stress. The results indicated that nurses involved in the rehabilitation of HI patients did not differ significantly from those working with non-HI patients on measures of overall stress, job satisfaction or psychopathology. The implications of these findings are discussed, with particular relevance to the potentially important protective effect of staff-patient ratios.
ISSN:0269-9052
DOI:10.1080/026990596124629