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  • Nursing Research
  • Stress and Health

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  • The Demands-Resources and Individual-Effects (DRIVE) Model provides a framework for understanding work-related stress.
  • Nurses face unique challenges impacting their psychophysical health.
  • A comprehensive model integrating various factors is needed to assess nurse well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and test a multi-dimensional model predicting nurses' psychophysical health.
  • To examine the combined influence of work characteristics, individual characteristics, and work-family interface dimensions.
  • To identify key risk and protective factors for nurses' occupational health.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study involving 450 Italian nurses.
  • Self-report questionnaires assessed work characteristics, individual characteristics, and work-family interface dimensions.
  • Logistic regression and Hayes' PROCESS tool were used to analyze main, moderating, and mediating effects.

Main Results:

  • The proposed model was confirmed, with work characteristics, individual characteristics, and work-family interface dimensions significantly predicting psychophysical disease in nurses.
  • Specific moderating and mediating effects were identified, highlighting multiple risk and protective factors.
  • Findings underscore the complex interplay of factors influencing nurses' health outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • The study enhances understanding of the nurse stress process.
  • A comprehensive tool for assessing occupational health and informing policy is provided.
  • Tailored interventions are recommended to promote nurse well-being in healthcare organizations.