Development of a Job Stress Scale for Home Care Nurses

• Project/Area Number: 19791781
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Fukuoka Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: FUCHINO Yuka Fukuoka Prefectural University, 看護学部, 講師 (20316144)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
• Keywords: 訪問看護師 / ストレス / 労働衛生

Research Abstract

The study aims to develop a job stress scale for home care nurses, and investigate its reliability and validity. As a result, this scale was constructed of 36 items, consisting of 5 factors. This scale is almost perfectly reliable and valid, and is a possibility for practice use. I'm going to make use of home care nurses' job stress countermeasure.