BACKGROUND: Concerns about recent changes in acute in-patient mental health care environments have led to fears about staff stress and poor morale in acute in-patient mental health care staff. AIM: To review the prevalence of low staff morale, stress, burnout, job satisfaction and psychological well-being amongst staff working in in-patient psychiatric wards. METHOD: Systematic review. RESULTS: Of 34 mental health studies identified, 13 were specific to acute in-patient settings, and 21 were specific to other non-specified ward-based samples. Most studies did not find very high levels of staff burnout and poor morale but were mostly small, of poor quality and provided incomplete or non-standardised prevalence data. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of indicators of low morale on acute in-patient mental health wards has been poorly researched and remains unclear. Multi-site, prospective epidemiological studies using validated measures of stress together with personal and organizational variables influencing staff stress in acute in-patient wards are required.
BACKGROUND: Concerns about recent changes in acute in-patient mental health care environments have led to fears about staff stress and poor morale in acute in-patient mental health care staff. AIM: To review the prevalence of low staff morale, stress, burnout, job satisfaction and psychological well-being amongst staff working in in-patientpsychiatric wards. METHOD: Systematic review. RESULTS: Of 34 mental health studies identified, 13 were specific to acute in-patient settings, and 21 were specific to other non-specified ward-based samples. Most studies did not find very high levels of staff burnout and poor morale but were mostly small, of poor quality and provided incomplete or non-standardised prevalence data. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of indicators of low morale on acute in-patient mental health wards has been poorly researched and remains unclear. Multi-site, prospective epidemiological studies using validated measures of stress together with personal and organizational variables influencing staff stress in acute in-patient wards are required.
Authors: J Carson; C Cooper; L Fagin; M West; S McElfatrick; N De Villiers; P O'Malley; F Holloway Journal: J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs Date: 1996-06 Impact factor: 2.952
Authors: Baptiste Cougot; Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi; Jules Gauvin; Anne Armant; Paolo Durando; Guglielmo Dini; Nicolas Gillet; Leila Moret; Dominique Tripodi Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2019-12-24 Impact factor: 3.390