Burnout among oncology nurses: a context specificity approach of the Job Demand Control Support Model

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Date publication

mars 2010

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Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr TRUCHOT Didier


Tous les auteurs :
Truchot D, Borteyrou X

Résumé

The current investigation, studying the burnout among oncology nurses, was guided by the Demand Control Support model (Karasek & Theorell, 1990). However, in accordance with scholars claiming for a context-specificity in occupational stress research, we first conducted 3 semi-structured focus groups to identify the specific sources of demands, control and support experienced by oncology nurses. The scale established from this analysis, (as well the other study variables), had been answered by 144 oncology nurses. Factorial analyses revealed 4 latent factors: "job demands", "patient demands", "support" and "control". Then, hierarchical regression analyses indicated that job demands, control and support predicted significant proportions of burnout, in particular emotional exhaustion. We also observed a moderator effect of social support. Furthermore, the situation-specific stressors, that is, those relating to difficult relationships with patients, made significant contributions to burnout, supporting the claim of augmenting the components of the Demand Control Support model with stressors that are more situation-specific.

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Psychol Trav Organ. 2010 Mar;16(1):27-45