Evaluating effort-reward imbalance among nurses in emergency departments: a cross-sectional study in China

BMC Psychiatry

Chuanzhu Lv¹  Guopeng Zhang²  Ketao Mu³  Xiaoxv Yin⁴  Mengge Tian⁴  Yafei Wu⁴  Yanhong Gong⁴  Heping Yang⁵ 

[1] Department of Emergency, The Frist Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China;Emergency and Trauma College, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China;Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China;Department of Nuclear medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China;Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China;Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China;Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China;

关键词: Effort-reward imbalance;    Emergency department;    Nurses;    Occupational health;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-021-03344-6

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundEffort-reward imbalance is an adverse psychological response to working conditions that has several negative effects on nurses. However, there is little research on effort-reward imbalance and its influencing factors among nurses in emergency departments. This study aimed to understand the current situation of effort-reward imbalance and explore its influencing factors among emergency department nurses in China.MethodsFrom July to August 2018, a structured online questionnaire survey was conducted among emergency department nurses in China. Data were collected from emergency department nurses employed in hospitals providing pre-hospital care in China. The questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic characteristics, work-related factors and effort-reward imbalance. A descriptive analysis and a binary logistic regression were conducted to explore the effort-reward imbalance and its influencing factors among emergency department nurses.ResultsThe study involved 17,582 emergency department nurses; notably, the prevalence of effort-reward imbalance was 59.66%. The participating nurses who were males, aged 25 to 34 years, whose educational level was a bachelor degree or above, who had a junior or above title, who had longer years of service, and who had suffered verbal or physical violence in the past year had a higher risk of effort-reward imbalance. Furthermore, the nurses with a high monthly income, who believed that the number of nurses met the department’s demand had a lower risk of effort-reward imbalance.ConclusionsEffort-reward imbalance was prevalent among emergency department nurses in China. Measures such as adjusting the night shift frequency, increasing the number of nurses, raising salaries and reducing workplace violence should be considered to reduce the level of effort-reward imbalance.

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