Exploring Perceptions of the Work Environment among Psychiatric Nursing Staff in France: A Qualitative Study Using Hierarchical Clustering Methods

Baptiste Cougot, Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi, Jules Gauvin, Anne Armant, Paolo Durando, Guglielmo Dini, Nicolas Gillet, Leila Moret and Dominique Tripodi
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Baptiste Cougot: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Work and Health Innovation Research Laboratory, Nantes University Hospital, F 44093 Nantes, France
Ghozlane Fleury-Bahi: Psychology Laboratory of Pays de la Loire LPPL-EA 4638, Department of Psychology, University of Nantes, F 44 000 Nantes, France
Jules Gauvin: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Work and Health Innovation Research Laboratory, Nantes University Hospital, F 44093 Nantes, France
Anne Armant: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Work and Health Innovation Research Laboratory, Nantes University Hospital, F 44093 Nantes, France
Paolo Durando: Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Occupational Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Guglielmo Dini: Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Occupational Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Nicolas Gillet: EE1901 QualiPsy, University of Tours, F 37 000 Tours, France
Leila Moret: UMR INSERM U 1246–EA 4275–Methods in Patients-centered outcomes and Health Research-SPHERE, 22 Bd Bénoni Goullin, University of Nantes, F 42 200 Nantes, France
Dominique Tripodi: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Work and Health Innovation Research Laboratory, Nantes University Hospital, F 44093 Nantes, France

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Most studies on workers’ health are based on non-specific models of occupational stress, thereby limiting the understanding and research on efficient interventions. This qualitative approach aimed to explore the structure of resources and constraints in the working environment of nurses in a deliberately open approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 37 nurses working in closed and open inpatient psychiatric wards in a French university hospital. The data were statistically analyzed using a hierarchical clustering method. Our model highlighted a systemic structure, describing the interactions, including patients, nurses, doctors, and managers in a specific material, communicational, and organizational environment. The results show a discursive structure organized around dimensions pertaining to “environment”, “patients”, “medical-care group”, and “the individual”. Our model showed interest in an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses occupational medicine and social psychology.

Keywords: qualitative; hierarchical; clustering; psychiatric; nurse; occupational; health; stress; perception; hospital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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