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Carlyle, Denise E. E. "Emotion and stress-related illness among secondary teachers." Thesis, Open University, 2001. http://oro.open.ac.uk/58169/.
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Over the last decade there have been sharp increases in recorded levels of occupational stress. Reports of the growing incidence of stress-related illness within the teaching profession continue, the numbers of teachers pursuing litigation to secure compensation for injury to health increasing. Based on qualitative empirical data gathered from indepth longitudinal interviews guided by humanist counselling frameworks, this study focuses on the phenomenological experiences of 21 secondary school teachers (and their tmilies) diagnosed as suffering stress-related illness. It shows how stress cascaded through school systems from government directives to the chalkface, and on into family systems, leading, in some cases, to finally burnout. Analysis through the sociology and psychology of emotion emphasises the central position of emotions in the aetiology of stress-related illness. This research shows that emotions are social processes, playing a vital role as communicators both to the self and to others. Emotional climates within schools and the home, individual and organisational emotional competencies, emotional labouring, emotion management and emotion rules were key themes contributing to the experience of stress-related illness. This study finally deals with the struggle for survival and identity reconstruction processes within the self-renewal journey. Some teachers, profoundly damaged by the experience of stress, were unable to return to the teaching world. Some emerged with a renewed and strengthened sense of self. Implications are drawn regarding student achievement, individual and collective emotional literacy, and the retention, training and professional development of teachers.
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Kelsey, Sarah Megan. "Stress and Coping Related to Medical Illness: Implications for Child Development." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144551.
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Deitz, Mandi F. "Explaining Combat Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Integrated Mental Illness and Military Process Model." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2318.
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The purpose of the current study was to examine a process model of combat-related and mental-illness related processes that explain increased likelihood of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This dissertation proposed the development of PTSD may occur due to cultural, social, and self-related pathways associated with veterans’ dual encounters with combat (i.e., severity) and mental illness symptoms. Participants were 195 military veterans recruited from multiple sites and strategies to maximize sample size and representation. Participants were asked to complete several self-administered assessment inventories, including: the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Military, the Trauma Symptom Checklist, the Combat Experiences scale, the Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, an adapted version of the Iraq War Attitude Scale, a perceptions scale, an adapted version of the Likelihood of Disclosure Scale, the Unit Support Scale, the Post-Deployment Support Scale, the UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3), as well as covariates that included demographics and details of military service (e.g., deployment information). Overall, results revealed that the impaired social support indicator of social isolation was linked to PTSD, whereas impaired unit support and impaired postdeployment support were not predictive of PTSD. Results also revealed that it is the cultural stereotypes and stigma associated with military and war but not of mental illness that plays a role in social isolation and subsequently PTSD. Overall, evidence supports the combined explanations of combat-related processes and mental illness processes in understanding likelihood of PTSD.
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Andersson, Magnus, and Steven Crosson. "Health and flow: does the experience of work related flow act as a buffer for stress related illness in high-strain environments?" Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-38192.
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Bryant, Gerdina, and n/a. "Employee Perceptions of stress and organisational change." University of Canberra. Education, 1995. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060619.154654.
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This study explored employees' perceptions of organisational change as a stressor
within a public sector work place undergoing significant change. A number of
major stress-producing factors in that environment were examined and data
collected of employees' perceptions of the nature of stress, changes in health status
and data gathered of stress-related compensation claims. Data was also collected
of employees' perceptions of effective strategies for coping with change from an
individual and organisational perspective.
The research design was a case study with embedded units of analysis
incorporating elements of quantitative analysis. The method was chosen to flesh
out the limited choices offered by many standard questionnaires.
A case study approach and various categories of stress-related factors were
selected measures to evaluate the perceived effects of work place change on stress
levels. The eight females and three males, aged 27�50 were each interviewed for
an hour for their perceptions of stress and reports of stress related illness,
relationship changes and other reported changes�diet, sleep, heart disease,
asthma, anxiety and headaches. Workplace changes to the Division were
analysed, Departmental claims officers were interviewed and Comcare data
analysed.
Results show participants appeared to feel or experience "stress" in a way which
they distinguished as different from feelings or experiences which were nonstressful
states and they appeared able to separate these states and ascribe to each
particular qualities. They also seemed able to identify that the stressful state
occurred in response to some form of demands. Some subjects (36%) reported
developing strategies for managing their stress.
The majority of subjects (82%) believed work place change was inevitable and a
number of subjects (45%) reported they believed implementation of change to be
poorly managed, while some subjects (36%) perceived change impacting
negatively on the work place.
On the basis of the results, it would appear that a human resource management
framework may enable more successful implementation of change in public sector
organisations.
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Lee, Debra A. "The Role of Relationships During Chronic Critical Illness." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1307657748.
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Schmitt, Jochen M., and Daniel E. Ford. "Role of Depression in Quality of Life for Patients with Psoriasis." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-135483.
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Background: It has been proposed that depression plays a role in how psoriasis affects quality of life. However, primary data are limited. Objective: To investigate the role depression plays in how patients experience psoriasis. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted between January and May 2005. Recruitment of 265 adults with prevalent psoriasis through Internet advertisements. Standardized assessment of depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQL), illness-related stress, and clinical severity of psoriasis using validated scales. Results: Thirty-two percent of all participants screened positive for depression. We observed a graded relationship between depressive symptoms and HRQL impairment (p < 0.001). Only 16.5% of those with high depression scores were currently treated for depression. Both dissatisfaction with antipsoriatic treatment and illness-related stress were highly associated with depression. After adjustment for HRQL, patients with more severe psoriasis were less likely depressed, although this association failed to reach statistical significance (multiadjusted odds ratio 0.37; 95% CI 0.13–1.02; p = 0.06). Conclusion: Patients with high subjective distress and low objective measures of psoriasis should be evaluated for depressionDieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich
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Hershberger, Paul John. "The self, life meaning, and behavioral health : an attempt to reduce susceptibility to stress-related illness through a psychoeducational enhancement of self-complexity /." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487668215807046.
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Schmitt, Jochen M., and Daniel E. Ford. "Role of Depression in Quality of Life for Patients with Psoriasis." Karger, 2007. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A27652.
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Background: It has been proposed that depression plays a role in how psoriasis affects quality of life. However, primary data are limited. Objective: To investigate the role depression plays in how patients experience psoriasis. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted between January and May 2005. Recruitment of 265 adults with prevalent psoriasis through Internet advertisements. Standardized assessment of depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQL), illness-related stress, and clinical severity of psoriasis using validated scales. Results: Thirty-two percent of all participants screened positive for depression. We observed a graded relationship between depressive symptoms and HRQL impairment (p < 0.001). Only 16.5% of those with high depression scores were currently treated for depression. Both dissatisfaction with antipsoriatic treatment and illness-related stress were highly associated with depression. After adjustment for HRQL, patients with more severe psoriasis were less likely depressed, although this association failed to reach statistical significance (multiadjusted odds ratio 0.37; 95% CI 0.13–1.02; p = 0.06). Conclusion: Patients with high subjective distress and low objective measures of psoriasis should be evaluated for depression.Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
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Lind, Johanna. "Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - en potentiell hälsofrämjande intervention mot stressrelaterad ohälsa i svenska samhället? : En litteraturöversikt." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för hälsa och lärande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-15498.
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Inledning: Stressrelaterad ohälsa är ett växande folkhälsoproblem som skapar lidande för individer och stora kostnader för samhället. Det finns behov av hälsofrämjande och förebyggande metoder för att motverka denna ohälsa. MBSR är en metod som visat lovande effekter på stressreducering och olika dimensioner av stressrelaterad ohälsa. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att beskriva effekter av Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) på ohälsosam stress i friska populationer. Metod: En litteraturöversikt med tio vetenskapliga artiklar som analyserades systematiskt för att identifiera teman i effekter av MBSR-program på stressrelaterad ohälsa. Resultat: Samtliga vetenskapliga studier visar hur MBSR-programmet ger positiva effekter på hälsan som ökad mindfulness, reducerad stress samt bättre psykisk och emotionell hälsa. Diskussion: MBSR har i tidigare studier visat sig vara effektiv för ökad livskvalitet och copingförmåga vid kroniska smärttillstånd samt olika fysiska och psykiska diagnoser. Mindre uppmärksamhet har riktats mot möjliga fördelar hos friska populationer. Resultatet av litteraturöversikten visar hur MBSR är en lovande metod för att främja hälsa och förebygga stressrelaterad ohälsa hos friska populationer i det korta perspektivet, vilket stöds av tidigare publicerade studier.Introduction: Stress-related illness is a growing public health concern which induces suffering for individuals and high costs for society. There is a need for health promotion and prevention methods to counteract this illness. MBSR is a method which demonstrates promising effects on stress reduction and different dimensions of stress-related illness. Aim: The aim of this literature review was to describe the effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on stress in healthy populations. Methods: A literature review of ten scientific articles were systematically analyzed to identify themes in effects of MBSR on stress-related ill health. Results: All scientific studies show how MBSR has positive health effects such as increased mindfulness, reduced stress as well as better mental and emotional health. Discussion: In previous studies MBSR has proven to be effective in enhancing quality of life as well as management of chronic pain conditions and various physical and mental disorders. Less attention has been paid to possible benefits in healthy population. The result of this literature review show how MBSR can be a promising method to promote health and prevent stress-related illness in healthy populations in the short perspective, as confirmed by previous studies.
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Hjalmarsson, Lina, and Kristina Högström. "Stressrelaterad ohälsa och utmattningssyndrom i en storstadsregion : En tvärsnittsstudie." Thesis, Röda Korsets Högskola, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-685.
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Bakgrund: Stressrelaterad ohälsa och utmattningssyndrom ökar i Sverige vilket leder till fler långtidssjukskrivningar. Detta innebär ett stort lidande för de drabbade och höga kostnader för samhället. Stress som kvarstår under längre tid påverkar kroppen negativt och leder till kognitiv utmattning, sömnproblematik, utbredd trötthet, somatiska besvär, irritabilitet och negativ affekt. Utsatta personer är även i riskgrupper för allvarliga somatiska sjukdomar. Syfte: Att beskriva förekomsten av stressrelaterad ohälsa och utmattningssyndrom i en storstads-region. Metod: Data samlades in genom ett tvärsnittsurval bland kvinnor och män i arbetsför ålder boende i en storstadsregion. Mätinstrumentet som användes var Karolinska Exhaustion Scale (KES) (26). Korrelationsanalyser gjordes för att sedan jämföras med en tidigare studie där patienter diagnostiserade med utmattningssyndrom ingick i urvalet. Resultat: Respondenterna uppgav att symtom på fatigue och sömnsvårigheter var mest utbredda följt av irritabilitet. Ingen signifikant skillnad påvisades mellan kvinnor och män, ensam- eller sammanboende i urvalsgruppen. Studien påvisar en statistisk signifikant skillnad mellan studiens urvalsgrupp och en patientgrupp från en tidigare studie. Detta indikerar sämre stressrelaterad hälsa bland patientgruppen. Slutsats: Studiens resultat visar fatigue och sömnsvårigheter var mest förekommande av symtomen på stressrelaterad ohälsa i urvalsgruppen. Någon slutsats om skillnader mellan kön, ensamboende och sammanboende inom urvalsgruppen har inte kunnat konstateras. Stor signifikant skillnad kunde påvisas mellan urvalsgruppen och patientgruppen från en tidigare studie. Klinisk betydelse: Sammanställd data från studien kommer att användas för vidare forskning.Background: Stress related illness and burnout are increasing which contributes to further long term sick leaves in Sweden. This causes great suffer for the individual and high expenses to the society. Being a subject to long term stress will have a negative impact on the body and may lead to cognitive exhaustion, disturbed sleep, excessive fatigue, somatic symptoms, irritability and negative affectivity. Exposed people are also at risk for other severe somatic illness. Aim: To describe the presence of stress related illness and burnout in a conurbation. Method: Data was gathered from cross-sectional samples consisting of women and men in a working age living in a conurbation. The study’s instrument was the Karolinska Exhaustion Scale (KES) (26). Correlation analyses were employed to compare with a sample from a previous study with patients diagnosed with burnout. Result: The findings show that individuals in the study had most difficulties with symptoms referring to fatigue and disturbed sleep, followed by irritability. No conclusion was made referring to differences between men and women or between those living alone and the cohabitants as no significant difference could be proven. There was a significant difference between the sample of the study and the sample from patients of the previous study. Conclusion: The findings of the study shows that of all the symptoms of stress related illness fatigue and disturbed sleep had the highest prevalence among the sample. Conclusions referring to differences between gender, individuals living alone and the cohabitants could not be proven. High significance level was found when comparing the sample of the study with a sample from a previous study with patients diagnosed with burnout. Clinical implication: Gathered data from the study will be used for further research.
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Dahlberg, Anna. "Erfarenheter av att få avslag om sjukpenning : en kvalitativ studie om hur avslag om sjukpenning från Försäkringskassan påverkar personer med stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-6850.
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Stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa ökar mest och står för den längsta varaktigheten bland sjukskrivningarna. Förändringar i sjukförsäkringssystemet och beslut om att minska sjuktalen har gett konsekvenser som ökat antal avslag om sjukpenning. Syftet med studien var att undersöka erfarenheter av avslag om sjukpenning från Försäkringskassan hos personer med stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa för att beskriva och förstå vad det får för betydelse för deras sjukdomsbild och återhämtning. Studien är kvalitativ och har genomförts genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem personer som drabbats av stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa och fått avslag om sjukpenning från Försäkringskassan. Materialet som samlats genom intervjuerna har analyserats med Ulrich Becks teorin om risksamhället och Randall Collins teori om symboliska interaktionskedjor samt tidigare forskning. Resultatet i studien indikerar att avslag om sjukpenning påverkar sjukdomsbilden och möjligheten till återhämtning negativt för personer som drabbats av stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa. Respondenterna upplevde att avslaget förlängt sjukdomstiden, genom minskad möjlighet till återhämtning och förvärrad sjukdomsbild. Resultatet visar även på en samlad bild av upplevelsen av avslaget om sjukpenning från Försäkringskassan. Personerna upplever inte att handläggare på Försäkringskassan tror dem och därmed känner de sig kränkta.Stress-related disorders have increased and accounts for the longest duration of sick leave. Changes in the health insurance system and decisions to reduce the sick-leave have had consequences such as an increased number of rejection of sickness benefits. The aim of this study was to investigate the experience for people having a stress-related disorder and being rejected sickness benefits from the Social Insurance Fund, to describe and understand the importance for their disease image and recovery. The study is qualitative and has been conducted through semistructured interviews with five participants who suffered from stress-related disorders and received a refusal of sickness benefits from the Social Insurance Fund. The material gathered through the interviews has been analyzed with Ulrich Beck’s theory of risk society and Randall Collin’s theory of symbolic interaction-chains and previous research. The result of this study indicates that the refusal of sickness benefits affects the recovery rate negatively for the participants in the study. The participants felt that the refusal extended the disease time, and they experienced reduced opportunities to recover and a worse diseases image. The result also shows a consistent picture of the experience of receiving a refusal of sickness benefits from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency. The participants do not feel that the case officers at the Social Security Fund believe them and thus they feel offended.
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Smit, Maria Elizabeth Catharina (Marietjie). "The positive and negative impact of permanent night duty on officials in the Department of Correctional Services." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43246.
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The Department of Correctional Services is the South African Government Department that is responsible for the smooth running of the South African correctional system. Correctional facilities have to be staffed twenty four hours a day and therefore correctional officials have to work fixed or rotating shifts to ensure that the needs of offenders are taken care of. The number of staff members in many South African correctional centres is not sufficient to ensure proper care and management of offenders, but staff shortages during the night is even more chronic compared to staff shortages experienced during the day. It is vital that correctional officials be alert and vigilant at all times and therefore these staff shortages contribute to high levels of stress, lack of motivation and feelings of being overwhelmed by the work load.
Shift work is a phenomenon that is increasing worldwide. It is important to understand the impact of work schedules as more people seem to be working shifts that do not conform to the standard work week. Shift workers seem very healthy when their illnesses are compared to that of the general public. Many health problems have been detected in shift workers, including stress related conditions, as any work schedule can act as a stressor if the needs of the individual worker are not taken into consideration.
Sleeping patterns during the day differ from sleeping patterns at night. Shift work disrupts a person’s circadian rhythms and therefore contributes to poorer physical and psychological health. It further causes poorer productivity and increases the possibility of becoming involved in accidents. Working night duty is very stressful to the night shift worker who has to cope with challenges at work and at home. There is a variety of common stressors at work that affect shift workers physiologically (cardiovascular, stroke, digestive problems, back pain and arthritis, headaches, increased blood pressure and hormonal), psychologically (burnout, depression, anxiety, family problems, sleep problems and job dissatisfaction) and behaviouraly (absence, tardiness, substance abuse, accidents, sabotage / violence, poor decision making, poor job performance and a high personnel turnover).
This study focused on understanding the positive and negative impact of working permanent night duty on correctional officials. The findings of this study will be helpful to correctional officials who work permanent night duty in addressing employee workplace support.Dissertation (MSW (Health Care))--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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Waldenström, Kerstin. "Externally assessed psychosocial work characteristics : a methodological approach to explore how work characteristics are created, related to self-reports and to mental illness /." Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2007. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2007/978-91-7357-250-7/.
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Rosvall, Linda, and Fredrika Bos. "”Socialtjänsten blir yttersta skyddsnätet, vi kan aldrig säga nej” : En kvalitativ studie om hur enhetschefer inom socialtjänsten arbetar förebyggande mot stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier (from 2013), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-71644.
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Socialsekreterare är en yrkesgrupp inom vilken det förekommer ett stort antal sjukskrivningar på grund av stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa. Det framkommer att arbetsmiljön samt ledarskapet har en stor påverkan på de anställdas psykiska hälsa. Syftet med studien var att genom en kvalitativ metod undersöka hur enhetschefer inom socialtjänsten arbetar för att förebygga stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa bland sina anställda. Vidare undersöktes också huruvida ett rumsligt nära ledarskap har någon påverkan på det förebyggande arbetet. Intervjuer genomfördes med fyra enhetschefer anställda inom socialtjänsten. Som hjälp vid intervjuerna användes en halvstrukturerad intervjuguide med öppna frågor. Analysen utgick från innehållsanalys samt krav, kontroll och stödmodellen. I resultatet framkom att ett rumsligt nära ledarskap är av stor vikt för enhetschefer när det gäller det förebyggande arbetet. Närhet gör att enhetschefer lättare kan följa med i det dagliga arbete, se när arbetsbelastningen på de anställda ökar samt se hur de anställda mår. Det framkommer också att stöd från chef och kollegor är viktigt för att förebygga stress, då man som anställd behöver känna att man inte står ensam med arbetet. Tydlighet i socialsekreterarens yrkesroll framgår också som en viktig faktor, vilket kan påverkas av god introduktion samt mentorskap vid nyanställning. Handledning, regelbundna teammöten, samtal samt mätning och reglering av arbetsbelastning framkommer också som viktiga rutiner i det förebyggande arbetet.Social workers are a professional group where there are a large number of sick leaves related to stress-related mental illness. It appears that the working environment and leadership have a great impact on the employees´mental health. The aim of the study was to find out through a qualitative method how unit managers within the social services work to prevent stress-related mental illness among their employees. Furthermore, we also looked into whether a spatially close leadership has any impact on the preventive work. Interviews were made with four unit managers within the social services. At the interviews a semi-structured interview guide with open questions was used as a guideline. The analysis was based on content analysis and the demand, control and support model. As a result of the analysis we came to the conclusion that a spatially close leadership is of a great importance to the unit managers regarding the preventive work. To be near the employees makes it easier for the unit managers to follow the daily work, to discover when the employees´ workload increases and to see the well-being of the employees. It also appears that support from the unit manager and the colleagues is important in order to prevent stress, as employees need to feel that they don´t stand alone in their work. Clarity in the professional role also appears as an important factor, which can be influenced by a proper introduction as well as mentoring for newly employed. Guidance, regular team-meetings, conversations as well as measurement and regulation of the workload also appear to be important routines in the preventive work.
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Walldorf, Björn, and Hansson Andreas. "Att mäta utmattning med varianter av symbol digit modalities test." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-155266.
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Hälso- och sjukvården befinner sig under ett allt större tryck av patienter som söker hjälp på grund av utmattningssyndrom. Kognitiva nedsättningar är en kärnkomponent i utmattningssyndrom och effektiva och korta screeninginstrument för att upptäcka dessa behövs för identifiera tillståndet tidigt. Syftet med föreliggande studie var att utveckla ett modifierat Symbol Digit Modalities Test. De totalt 90 deltagarna bestående av studenter delades in i två grupper efter självskattad utmattning. Tjugofyra individer identifierades i gruppen med låg utmattning och trettiofyra i gruppen med hög utmattning. De två grupperna jämfördes med prestation på testet. Testet bestod av tre block bestående av symboler, neutrala ord och hotfulla ord och vardera blocks testtid var 90 sekunder. Resultatet visade inga signifikanta skillnader mellan låg och hög utmattningsgrupp och prestation på testet. Däremot fanns signifikanta skillnader mellan blocken när samtliga deltagares prestation jämfördes. Det modifierade testet lyckas inte att differentiera mellan deltagare med låg och hög utmattning. Resultatet som visade att det fanns skillnader mellan blocken är intressant och visar på att det kan finnas en effekt av uppmärksamhetsvridning som framtida forskning kan bygga vidare på.The Swedish healthcare system is under increasing pressure from patients seeking help due to fatigue syndrome. Cognitive impairments are a core symptom of the syndrome; effective screening tools to detect cognitive impairment related to fatigue are warranted to identify the condition. The aim of the present study was to develop a modified Symbol Digit Modalities. A total of 90 participants consisting of undergraduate students were divided into two groups after self-assessed fatigue. Twenty-four individuals were identified in the low fatigue group and thirty-four in the high fatigue group. The two groups’ test performance were compared. The test consisted of three blocks consisting of symbols, neutral words, and threat words; the duration of each test block was 90 seconds. The results showed no significant differences between low and high fatigue in terms of performance on the tests. However, there were significant differences across the blocks when comparing all participants' performance. The modified test failed to differentiate between low and high fatigue participants. The result indicating significant differences across the blocks is interesting and shows that there may be an effect of attentional bias that future research can build upon.
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Broström, Sanna, and Elin Brännmark. "Att drabbas och leva med utmattningssyndrom : En kvalitativ studie om de konsekvenser som kan upplevas till följd av utmattningssyndrom samt vägen tillbaka." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för hälsa, lärande och teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-85602.
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Psykisk ohälsa är ett problem som ständigt ökar i samhället. Begreppet psykisk ohälsa innefattar en mängd olika psykiska och psykiatriska problem, däribland utmattningssyndromet, vilket är denna studies fokus. Syftet med studien var att undersöka de egna upplevelserna hos personer som själva drabbats av utmattningssyndrom gällande; insjuknandet, symtom, riskfaktorer och konsekvenser till följd av syndromet, samt friskfaktorer. Studien innefattar sex kvalitativa intervjuer med personer som har varit drabbade av utmattningssyndrom, samt kvalitativ data från en enkät som sedan tidigare var utformad tillsammans med en kvantitativ pilotstudie. Resultatet visar att personerna upplevde att vardagen förändrades avsevärt till följd av syndromet, och att en kognitiv och fysisk trötthet upplevdes av samtliga. Resultatet påvisar även att många av intervjupersonerna och enkätdeltagarna upplevde att självuppfattningen förändrades under tiden som sjuk och att bilden över hur en vill vara krockade med den faktiska bilden. Det framkom även att vissa risk- och friskfaktorer bara upplevdes av enskilda eller ett fåtal deltagare, vilket tyder på att syndromet uppkomst och hur det artar sig är en komplex process med en individuell prägel på samtliga aspekter.Mental illness is a problem that is constantly increasing in society, and burnout syndrome is a relevant part of the mental illness that the society is struggling with. Burnout syndrome is the type of mental illness that this study is focused on. The purpose of this study was to examine people's experience regarding the sickening and diagnostic of burnout syndrome, factors that affect the syndrome negatively and positively but also social and personal consequences that can occur. This study presents six qualitative interviews with people who have been sick with burnout syndrome, together with qualitative survey data that was collected previously. The result of the study shows that the subjects experienced a drastic change of everyday life because of the burnout syndrome. A cognitive and physical fatigue was experienced by all studied subjects. The result also shows that both the interview and survey subjects reported negative changes in the self-perception that affected their mental picture of themselves. The result does also report some affecting factors that are both positive and negative, and a big part of these factors differ between the subjects. This suggests that the burnout syndrome is a complex process that is highly affected by personal and individual factors.
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Hammar, Emma, and Sanna Lundström. "Upplevelsen av stöd från arbetsplatsen vid återgång i arbete hos personer som varit sjukskrivna för stressrelaterad ohälsa." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63896.
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Bakgrund: Det finns få studier gjorda av vilka åtgärder en arbetsplats bör genomföra för att få en effektiv och hållbar återgång till arbetet, för personer med stressrelaterad ohälsa. Syfte: Syftet med studien var därför att beskriva hur personer som tidigare varit sjukskrivna för stressrelaterad ohälsa, upplevde stöd från arbetsplatsen vid återgång i arbetet. Metod: Deltagarna bestod av sex personer som varit sjukskrivna under olika tidsperioder de senaste fem åren. Datainsamlingen skedde genom enskilda intervjuer med öppna frågor som gav tolkningsutrymme för deltagarna. Intervjutexterna analyserades därefter enligt en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Analysen mynnade ut i två huvudkategorier: ”Anpassningar av arbetssituationen främjar arbetsåtergången” och ” Den sociala miljön påverkar arbetsåtergången”. Dessa innehöll vardera tre underkategorier. Slutsats: Slutsatsen av studien är att stödet från arbetsplatsen behöver ges efter individens kapacitet i förhållande till arbetsmiljön, såväl som i arbetsuppgifternas krav.
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Hammarsten, Victoria, and Yvonne Boqvist. "Trädgårdsterapi- kan det hjälpa? : en kunskapsöversikt om trädgårdsterapins roll vid tillfrisknande från stressrelaterad ohälsa." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för hälsa och arbetsliv, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-8351.
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Syftet med vår studie var att studera trädgårdsterapins roll i människors tillfrisknande från stressrelaterad ohälsa. Studiens frågeställningar var: (1) vilka faktorer beskrivs som stressreducerande i natur och trädgård? (2) på vilket sätt kan personer med stressrelaterad ohälsa bli hjälpta genom trädgårdsterapi? För att besvara våra frågeställningar användes en kvalitativ metod med hjälp av en kunskapsöversikt. Våra analysverktyg har varit KASAM och Coping. Slutsatsen av studien är att trädgård och natur kan stärka återhämtningsprocessen för människor med stressrelaterad ohälsa. Trädgård och natur kan bidra med stressreducerande faktorer som gör att återhämtningen påskyndas och stärks, såsom att hitta lugn, känna trygghet och få utrymme för reflektion. Även samtal och aktiviteter är viktiga delar för återhämtning i trädgårdsterapin. Sökord vi använt oss av är: trädgårdsterapi, terapiträdgårdar, grön rehabilitering, restorativ trädgård och stressrelaterad ohälsa.The aim of this study was to study the role of horticultural therapy in people´s recovery from stress-related illness. Study questions were: (1) what factors are described as stress-reducing in nature and gardening? (2) in what way can people with stress-related illness be helped by garden therapy? In order to answer our questions, a qualitative methodology using a research synthesis has been made. Our analysis tools were Sense of Coherence and Coping. The study shows that garden and nature can enhance the recovery process for people with stress-related illness. Garden and nature can help with stress-reducing factors that make recovery accelerated and strengthened, such as finding peace, feeling safe and have a space for reflection. Also conversations and activities are important elements for recovery in the horticultural therapy. Keywords we have used are: horticultural therapy, healing gardens, garden therapy, therapeutic gardens, green rehabilitation, restorative garden and stress related illness.
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Bolden, Lois Vennesta. "Depression, anxiety, hazardous drinking, subjective burden, and rewards in family caregivers of patients with chronic liver disease." View the abstract Download the full-text PDF version (on campus access only), 2006. http://etd.utmem.edu/ABSTRACTS/2006_009_bolden_index.html.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2006.Title from title page screen (viewed on October 26, 2007 ). Research advisor: Mona Newsome Wicks, Ph.D., RN. Document formatted into pages (xii, 174 p. : ill.) Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-132).
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Wintermann, Gloria-Beatrice, Kerstin Weidner, Bernhard Strauss, Jenny Rosendahl, and Katja Petrowski. "Predictors of posttraumatic stress and quality of life in family members of chronically critically ill patients after intensive care." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-215881.
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Prolonged mechanical ventilation for acute medical conditions increases the risk of chronic critical illness (CCI). Close family members are confronted with the life-threatening condition of the CCI patients and are prone to develop posttraumatic stress disorder affecting their health-related quality of life (HRQL). Main aim of the present study was to investigate patient- and family-related risk factors for posttraumatic stress and decreased HRQL in family members of CCI patients.
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In a cross-sectional design nested within a prospective longitudinal cohort study, posttraumatic stress symptoms and quality of life were assessed in family members of CCI patients (n = 83, aged between 18 and 72 years) up to 6 months after transfer from ICU at acute care hospital to post-acute rehabilitation. Patients admitted a large rehabilitation hospital for ventilator weaning. The Posttraumatic Stress Scale-10 and the Euro-Quality of life-5D-3L were applied in both patients and their family members via telephone interview.
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A significant proportion of CCI patients and their family members (14.5 and 15.7 %, respectively) showed clinically relevant scores of posttraumatic stress. Both CCI patients and family members reported poorer HRQL than a normative sample. Factors independently associated with posttraumatic stress in family members were the time following ICU discharge (β = .256, 95 % confidence interval .053-.470) and the patients\' diagnosis of PTSD (β = .264, 95 % confidence interval .045-.453). Perceived satisfaction with the relationship turned out to be a protective factor for posttraumatic stress in family members of CCI patients (β = -.231, 95 % confidence interval -.423 to -.015). Regarding HRQL in family members, patients\' acute posttraumatic stress at ICU (β = -.290, 95 % confidence interval -.360 to -.088) and their own posttraumatic stress 3 to 6 months post-transfer (β = -.622, 95 % confidence interval -.640 to -.358) turned out to be significant predictors.
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Posttraumatic stress and HRQL should be routinely assessed in family members of CCI patients at regular intervals starting early at ICU. Preventive family-centered interventions are needed to improve posttraumatic stress and HRQL in both patients and their family members.
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Wintermann, Gloria-Beatrice, Kerstin Weidner, Bernhard Strauss, Jenny Rosendahl, and Katja Petrowski. "Predictors of posttraumatic stress and quality of life in family members of chronically critically ill patients after intensive care." Springer, 2016. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A30053.
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BACKGROUND:
Prolonged mechanical ventilation for acute medical conditions increases the risk of chronic critical illness (CCI). Close family members are confronted with the life-threatening condition of the CCI patients and are prone to develop posttraumatic stress disorder affecting their health-related quality of life (HRQL). Main aim of the present study was to investigate patient- and family-related risk factors for posttraumatic stress and decreased HRQL in family members of CCI patients.
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In a cross-sectional design nested within a prospective longitudinal cohort study, posttraumatic stress symptoms and quality of life were assessed in family members of CCI patients (n = 83, aged between 18 and 72 years) up to 6 months after transfer from ICU at acute care hospital to post-acute rehabilitation. Patients admitted a large rehabilitation hospital for ventilator weaning. The Posttraumatic Stress Scale-10 and the Euro-Quality of life-5D-3L were applied in both patients and their family members via telephone interview.
RESULTS:
A significant proportion of CCI patients and their family members (14.5 and 15.7 %, respectively) showed clinically relevant scores of posttraumatic stress. Both CCI patients and family members reported poorer HRQL than a normative sample. Factors independently associated with posttraumatic stress in family members were the time following ICU discharge (β = .256, 95 % confidence interval .053-.470) and the patients\' diagnosis of PTSD (β = .264, 95 % confidence interval .045-.453). Perceived satisfaction with the relationship turned out to be a protective factor for posttraumatic stress in family members of CCI patients (β = -.231, 95 % confidence interval -.423 to -.015). Regarding HRQL in family members, patients\' acute posttraumatic stress at ICU (β = -.290, 95 % confidence interval -.360 to -.088) and their own posttraumatic stress 3 to 6 months post-transfer (β = -.622, 95 % confidence interval -.640 to -.358) turned out to be significant predictors.
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Posttraumatic stress and HRQL should be routinely assessed in family members of CCI patients at regular intervals starting early at ICU. Preventive family-centered interventions are needed to improve posttraumatic stress and HRQL in both patients and their family members.
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"Couples Coping with a Child’s Chronic Illness: Effects of Dyadic Coping on Stress and Well-Being." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38445.
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abstract: The prevalence of chronic illness among children in the United States is on the rise (CDC, 2014). Having a child with a chronic illness can be a substantial source of stress for a couple, including physical, emotional, and financial demands of caregiving as well as difficult decision-making regarding the child’s health (Mayo Clinic, 2015). Coping with such stressors can have a negative effect on the couple’s well-being, and, if not managed within the relationship, can lead to increased negative outcomes for both partners. Partners can, however, learn to cope with stress by engaging in the coping process together with dyadic coping (DC). Couples can engage in positive (i.e., supportive emotion-focused, supportive problem-focused, and delegated) or negative forms of DC. DC has been shown to mitigate stress for couples, while increasing reports of individual well-being (IWB) and relational well-being (RWB), but it has not been examined in the context of couples with a child with a chronic illness.
To bridge this gap, the present study examined how couples cope with general stress as well as stress associated with their child’s diagnosis of a chronic illness (CI-related stress) and whether positive DC and negative DC moderate association between stress (general stress and CI-related stress) and well-being (IWB and RWB). Consistent with hypotheses, there were significant main effects of both types of stress (general and CI-related stress) on both types of well-being (IWB and RWB). Contrary to the hypotheses that DC (positive DC and negative DC) would moderate the associations between both types of stress and both types of well-being, only one significant interaction was found between CI-related stress and negative DC on IWB. Implications of these findings are discussed.Dissertation/Thesis
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Chen, Wei-Chia, and 陳韋佳. "Exploring the Related Factors of Spiritual Well-being and Perceived Stress in the Parents of Children with Critical Illness." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5wd5ek.
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Houng, Chiu-Mei, and 黃久美. "A Correlation Study of the Family Support, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Illness-related Stress and Compliant Behaviors of Diabetic Patients." Thesis, 1994. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30025667407264730353.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of family support, doctor-patient relationship, illness-related stress and compliant behaviors of diabetic patients. Data was collected by means of interviewing and questionnaire at one metabolic outpatient department. Ninety-three questonnaires were completed in this study. The questionnaire was consisted of Family Support Scale, Doctor-Patient Relationship Scale, uness-Related Stress Scale and Compliant Behaviors Scale. Descriptive statistics, One-way ANOVA, Pearson''s correlation and Multiple regression were used through SPSS/PC+ computer program to analysis the data collected. The main findings of the study were as followings: 1. The results showed that uncertain stress was the most threatening stressor of diabetic patients'' illness-related stress. The last threatening stressor was from interpersonal stress. 2. Among three compliant behaviors of diabetic patients, drug compliance was better than diet and exercise behaviors. 3. The higher score of interpersonal stress was reported by diabetic patients, the higher score of diet behavior was correlated. 4. The higher fasting plasma glucose the higher score of illness-related stress was correlated. 5. The higher score of family support the higher score of illness-related stress was correlated. 6.Male and married diabetic patients reported better drug compliance than female and widowed. Older and insulin-injection patients reported better diet behavior than younger and oral-medicine. The score of family support and doctor-patient relationship postively related to the score of diet behavior. 7.Diabeic patients who had the higher score of family support and higher fasting plasma glucose revealed higher score of illness-related stress. 8. The higher score of doctor-patient relationship, family support and older patients revealed higher score of compliant behaviors. These three factors explained 20.6% variance of compliant behaviors.
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Mowry-Hanley, Jole' L. "A description of working family stress related to sudden illness in dependent aged children a research thesis submitted in partial fulfillment ... for the degree of Master of Science, Community Health Nursing ... /." 1994. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68797679.html.
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Burek, Karen. "Background and significance sections of a research proposal entitled "A prospective study of noise effects on cardiovascular and stress-related illness" submitted to General Motors : a report submitted in partial fulfillment ... for the degree of Master of Science, Community Health Nursing ... /." 1996. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68799598.html.
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