Investigation and analysis of nurses' status of fatigue and perceived social support / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Through the investigation of nurses'situation of fatigue and perceived social support, to know about the status of nurses' fatigue and the degree of perceived social support, and influenc-ing factors for a preliminary regression analysis of nurses in order to further the prevention of the occurrence of chronic fatigue for reference. Methods By using fatigue assessment scale (FAI), fatigue scale (FS-14)and perceived social support scale (PSSS) to investigate 200 female nurses in Jining city, 191 valid questionnaires were got, the reclaimed efficiency was 95.5%. The results underwent analysis. Results Nurses who had accounted for 69.11 percent of fatigue, had more severe fatigue than nurses who had less fatigue, and they had tense response to rest or sleep. Nurses' physical fatigue and mental fatigue were significantly higher than the general healthy population. Nurses received higher scores of social support. Age and other factors and perceived social support went through regression analysis: the degree of job tension exacerbated the severity of fatigue, however, social support to some extent, mitigated or alleviated the situation of nurses in the total fatigue. Conclusions Nurses are high-risk population for fatigue. The degree of job stress is the main influencing factor. And social support and care for nurses, especially home care support, adequate rest, in-creasing the number of nurses, good working environment can effectively reduce fatigue.