Sickness Absence of Nurses Working in Residential Elder Care: The Essential Role of Psychosocial Job Resources and Home Demands.

J Occup Environ Med

Department of Occupation and Health, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen (Mr Peters, Dr Engels); Department of Social Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI) (Mr Peters, Dr de Rijk, Dr Houkes); Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI) (Dr Joosten); and Department of Epidemiology, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht (Dr Kant), The Netherlands.

Published: September 2018

Objectives: To elucidate the role and pathways of psychosocial home demands, psychosocial home resources, and psychosocial job resources in relation to sickness absence among nurses working in residential elder care.

Methods: Longitudinal (SEM) analyses with bootstrapping with a 1 year follow-up among 365 nurses were performed. Survey data and registered sickness absence data were used.

Results: A complete mediation model showed the best fit. More psychosocial job resources (β = -1.50) like "work schedule fit with private life" predicted less and more psychosocial home demands (β = 0.62) predicted more psychosomatic health complaints. The job resources and home demands predicted sickness absence duration and episodes 1-year later mediated through nurses' health.

Conclusions: More attention is needed for nurses' work schedule fit with private life and their home demands to potentially reduce health-related sickness absence among nurses working in residential elder care.

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