ArticleNursing & health sciences2021
Acute and chronic fatigue in nurses providing direct patient care and in non-direct care roles: A cross-sectional analysis.
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- Nurses' occupational fatigue level and risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Work fatigue risk and associated factors among Chinese first-line registered nurses using latent profile analysis: a multicenter cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Injury prevention in fatigue-prone nursing environments: a comprehensive review of strategies centered on work design, human factors engineering, and safety culture.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Association Between Missed Nursing Care and Nurse Fatigue: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- The relationship between self-efficacy/resilience and the mental health status of hemodialysis nurses: multiple mediation effects of insomnia and fatigue.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Personal resources as predictors of health-related behaviors in nurses.Health psychology report · 2025Article
- Impact of perceived fatigue on sleep quality among critical care nurses in a selected hospital.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Safe limits on work hours for the nursing profession: a rapid evidence review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Review
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Abstract
Nurses are at risk for work-related fatigue, which can impact their health, well-being, and job readiness. The purpose of this study was to examine the levels, types, and factors associated with fatigue in registered nurses (RNs) in direct patient care (DCRNs) and in non-direct patient care (non-DCRNs) roles. A cross-sectional survey was administered to 313 RNs. Measures included: Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory, Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery, Brief COPE, PROMIS® Global Sleep Disturbance, and Job Content Questionnaire. Acute fatigue levels in RNs were similar to those in diseased populations, and nearly 50% reported moderate/high levels of chronic fatigue. DCRNs reported higher levels of acute and chronic fatigue than non-DCRNs, but the differences were small and disappeared when accounting for other factors associated with fatigue including sleep disturbance, job strain, workplace support, maladaptive coping, and especially intershift recovery, which accounted for 20%-41% of fatigue variability. This study suggests that it may not be only nurses providing direct patient care who are at risk for acute and chronic fatigue. Intershift recovery may be particularly important in alleviating acute and chronic fatigue in nurses.
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