Citation

Cougot B, Fleury-Bahi G, Gauvin J, Armant A, Durando P, Dini G, Gillet N, Moret L, Tripodi D. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020; 17(1): e17010142.

Affiliation

Psychology Laboratory of Pays de la Loire LPPL-EA 4638, Department of Psychology, University of Nantes, F 44 000 Nantes, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/ijerph17010142

PMID

31878162

Abstract

Most studies on workers' health are based on non-specific models of occupational stress, thereby limiting the understanding and research on efficient interventions. This qualitative approach aimed to explore the structure of resources and constraints in the working environment of nurses in a deliberately open approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 37 nurses working in closed and open inpatient psychiatric wards in a French university hospital. The data were statistically analyzed using a hierarchical clustering method. Our model highlighted a systemic structure, describing the interactions, including patients, nurses, doctors, and managers in a specific material, communicational, and organizational environment. The results show a discursive structure organized around dimensions pertaining to "environment", "patients", "medical-care group", and "the individual". Our model showed interest in an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses occupational medicine and social psychology.

Language: en

Keywords

clustering; health; hierarchical; hospital; nurse; occupational; perception; psychiatric; qualitative; stress