Staff's person‐centredness in dementia care in relation to job characteristics and job‐related well‐being: a cross‐sectional survey in nursing homes. (14th August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Willemse, Bernadette M.; De Jonge, Jan; Smit, Dieneke; Visser, Quirijn; Depla, Marja F.I.A.; Pot, Anne Margriet
• Is Part Of: Journal of advanced nursing. Volume 71:Number 2(2015:Feb.)
• Page Start: 404
• Page End: 416
• Publication Date: 2014-08-14
• Subjects: Nursing -- Periodicals; 610.7305
• DOI: 10.1111/jan.12505
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-2402

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jan12505-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="jan12505-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Aim</title> <p>To explore the role of nursing staff's person‐centredness caring for people with dementia in relation to their work environment and job‐related well‐being.</p> </sec> <sec id="jan12505-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>Given the development towards person‐centred care and labour force issues, research has recently focused on the effect of person‐centredness on nursing staff's well‐being. Findings from occupational stress research suggest that employees' personal characteristics, such as person‐centredness, can moderate the impact particular job characteristics have on their job‐related well‐being.</p> </sec> <sec id="jan12505-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Design</title> <p>Cross‐sectional survey.</p> </sec> <sec id="jan12505-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Methods</title> <p>A national survey was conducted among healthcare staff (<italic>n</italic> = 1147) in 136 living arrangements for people with dementia in the Netherlands (2008–2009). Hierarchical regression analyses were used.</p> </sec> <sec id="jan12505-sec-0005" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>Person‐centredness moderates the relationship between coworker support and three outcomes of job‐related well‐being and between supervisor support and two of these outcomes. For highly person‐centred nursing staff, coworker support was found to have a weaker impact and supervisor support to have a stronger impact on their job‐related well‐being. In addition, direct effects showed that person‐centredness was weakly associated with more job satisfaction, more emotional exhaustion and more strongly with more personal accomplishment.</p> </sec> <sec id="jan12505-sec-0006" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusion</title> <p>Nursing staff's person‐centredness does play a modest role in relation to job characteristics and job‐related well‐being. Findings indicate that person‐centredness is not only beneficial to residents with dementia as found earlier, but also for nursing staff themselves; specifically, in case nursing staff members feel supported by their supervisor. Since a more person‐centred workforce feels more competent, further implementation of person‐centred care might have a positive impact on the attractiveness of the profession.</p> </sec> </abstract>