Subjective cognitive complaints, psychosocial factors and nursing work function in nurses providing direct patient care

Abstract

Nurses experiencing subjective cognitive complaints should be encouraged to address personal and environmental factors that are associated with their cognitive status. Additionally, stress reduction in nurses should be a high priority as a potential intervention to promote optimal functioning of nurses providing direct patient care. Healthcare institutions should integrate individual and institutional strategies to reduce factors contributing to workplace stress.

Examining the relationship between engagement and perceived stress-related cognitive complaints in the argentinian working population

“…We detected through path analysis that the effect of cognitive complaints on engagement was specifically mediated by concerns about "attention and immediate memory" and "inhibitory control". In this regard, Barbe et al (2018) found that perceived stress and subjective cognitive complaints were associated with lower work performance. What is more, cognitive impairments may affect work safety (Fisher, Chaffee, Tetrick, Davalos, & Potter, 2017).…”

“…Concerning cognitive complaints, studies account for an association with stress. Workers with chronic stress might suffer cognitive impairments due to hippocampus damage (Barbe, Kimble, & Rubenstein, 2018). Moreover, prolonged work-related stress has a negative impact on attention, learning, and memory domains (Eskildsen et al, 2017), as on concentration, information processing (Elfering, Grebner, & Dudan, 2011), and decision-making abilities (Ceschi, Demerouti, Sartori, & Weller, 2017).…”

“…Given the evidence accounting for the benefits, reliability and validity of self-report instruments, a growing number of health-related research use this approach (Gharibi et al, 2016;Gordts, Uzieblo, Neumann, Van den Bussche, & Rossi, 2017). Barbe et al (2018) found a relationship among subjective cognitive complaints, perceived stress, and work performance in healthcare workers by using self-report measures. Although engage-Stress, Cognition, and Engagement 14 ment is a crucial factor in human-services occupations (educators, health workers and customer service workers) for its positive outcomes related to client satisfaction and organizational performance (Bakker, Demerouti, & Sanz-Vergel, 2014), there lacks evidence on its association with stress and cognition in this population.…”

Emerging Issues in Occupational Disease: Mental Health in the Aging Working Population and Cognitive Impairment—A Narrative Review

“…ese results suggest that burnout is associated with deficits in the cognitive control needed to monitor and update information in working memory. Similarly, Barbe et al found a linkage between perceived stress, subjective concerns about cognitive function, and impairment of work function [42]. On the contrary, Lees and Lal did not find any association between stress and cognitive performance in a sample of middle-aged nurses with a mean age of 37 years [43].…”

Sleep of nurses in the context of diurnal preference and the shift work

“…Sestry jsou vystaveny riziku poruch spánku, nedostatku spánku, špatné kvality spánku (9,10). Špatná kvalita spánku a nedostatek spánku může u sester narušit koncentraci, paměť, pozornost, výkonnost, což může ovlivnit bezpečnost pacientů (3,11,12,13). Během nočních směn plní sestry různé úkoly spojené s péčí o pacienty, jako například podávání léků, aplikace injekcí, sledování pacientů a vedení záznamů, psaní denních zpráv a další administrativní úkony.…”