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A study into psychosocial factors as predictors of work-related fatigue
Hanif Abdul Rahman1, Khadizah Abdul-Mumin2, Lin Naing3
1Doctoral candidate, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Objective:
To explore and determine relationship between psychosocial factors and work-related fatigue among emergency and critical care nurses in Brunei.
Methods:
Cross-sectional study conducted on all emergency and critical care nurses across Brunei public hospitals from February to April 2016.
Results:
201 nurses participated in the study (82% response rate). A total of 36% of the variance of chronic fatigue was explained by stress, trust in management, decision latitude, self-rated health, and work-family conflict. Burnout, self-rated health, commitment to workplace, and trust in management explained 30% of the variance of acute fatigue. Stress, work-family conflict and reward explained 28% of the variance of intershift recovery after controlling for significant sociodemographic variables. Smoking was identified as an important sociodemographic factor for work-related fatigue.
Conclusions:
Psychosocial factors were good predictors of work-related fatigue. A range of psychosocial factors were established, however more research is required to determine all possible causation factors of nurses' work-related fatigue.
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