Occupational Stress Suffered by Long-term Care Workers in Nursing Care Facilities: A Comparative Case Study in Japan and China

Abstract

Occupational stress suffered by care workers is supposed to be related with work performances and turnover rates of care facilities, which is highly significant for the development of nursing care industry. Through a comparative analysis of occupational stress suffered by long-term care workers in Japan and China, the present study attempted to discover the kinds of job-related stress care workers tended to have and what the principal underlying factors resulting in high levels of stress may be in each country. Data were collected by a questionnaire survey using the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ) from 3 facilities in China and 3 facilities in Japan, and then the obtained data were analyzed by cutoff point method and k-clustering method to discover the difference of stress suffered by nursing care workers in the two countries. Besides, discriminant analyses were also used to find out how stress may differ by country, gender, working night shift or not. According to the results, the occupational stress suffered by Chinese respondents was averagely lower than Japanese respondents, and the occupational stress is different for workers with different gender and workers working with night shift or not. Generally, the present study discovered the difference of occupational stress suffered by different crowds working in Japanese and Chinese long-term care facilities using the method of cutoff point method, k-clustering method, and discriminant analysis method. Besides, key related factors are identified for different crowds of respondents, and corresponding suggestions are presented for improving occupational stress management.

Challenges and coping experiences faced by nursing staff in long-term care facilities in China: a qualitative meta-analysis

“…In general, according to existing research, challenges faced by Chinese Nursing staff mainly stemmed from a lack of professional knowledge and skills ( 9 , 10 ), workload and time pressure ( 11 – 13 ), compensation and benefits ( 9 , 14 ), institutional management ( 15 , 16 ), and interpersonal relationships ( 17 ), among other factors. Particularly in the realm of interpersonal relationships, nursing staffs in Chinese older adult care seemed to face greater complexity.…”