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Factors associated with workplace fatigue among midwives in southern China: A multi‐centre cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Chen XiaoQian,
Jiang XiuMin,
Zheng QingXiang,
Zheng Jing,
He HongGu,
Pan YuQing,
Liu GuiHua
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/jonm.13015
Subject(s) - cross sectional study , social support , medicine , pittsburgh sleep quality index , scale (ratio) , mental fatigue , mental health , descriptive statistics , nursing , nursing management , psychology , sleep quality , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , statistics , physics , cognition , mathematics , pathology , quantum mechanics
Aims To identify the level of workplace fatigue among midwives and factors influencing their fatigue. Background Midwives who play an important role in medical care are prone to experience workplace fatigue, which negatively affects their well‐being and work quality. Methods A multi‐centre cross‐sectional study was conducted among 666 Chinese midwives from 38 hospitals in March 2019. Data were collected by four questionnaires of self‐designed demographic questions, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Social Support Self‐Rating Scale and the 14‐item Fatigue Scale. Descriptive statistics, univariate analysis and multiple linear regression were used to analyse the data. Results Midwives had moderate levels of fatigue with the mean scores of physical fatigue, mental fatigue and total fatigue being 9.53, 6.25 and 15.79, respectively. Multiple linear regression results showed that sleep quality, social support, job satisfaction, occupational injuries, adverse life events, frequency of irregular meals and employment type were statistically significant factors influencing fatigue among the participants. Conclusions Physical and mental fatigue were generally common among midwives and were affected by personal‐related and work‐related factors, sleep quality and social support. Implications for Nursing Management Nurse administrators have the opportunity to advocate for improved health policy under the two children rule to prevent workplace fatigue amongst midwives.