The Relationship between Workplace, Job Stress and Nurses’ Tobacco Use: A Review of the Literature

Pantelis Perdikaris, Eleni Kletsiou, Elpida Gymnopoulou and Vasiliki Matziou
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Pantelis Perdikaris: General Children’s Hospital of Athens «Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou», Thivon & Livadias Str, GR 11523, Athens, Greece
Eleni Kletsiou: Coronary Care Unit University Hospital of Athens “Attikon”, 1 Rimini Str, GR 12462, Athens, Greece
Elpida Gymnopoulou: Faculty of Medicine, National & Kapodestrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias Str, GR 11523, Athens, Greece
Vasiliki Matziou: Faculty of Nursing, National & Kapodestrian University of Athens, 123 Papadiamantopoulou Str, GR 11523, Athens, Greece

IJERPH, 2010, vol. 7, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: The aim of this study was to provide a summary of the existing published knowledge on the possible relationship between the workplace as a stressor factor and nurses’ tobacco use. A systematic review of the literature from 1995 to 2009, using the MEDLINE database took place. Studies, that referred to nurses’ smoking habit exclusively or as a part of the study, were included in the review. 491 studies were retrieved and their titles/abstracts were examined systematically. Twenty one studies were retrieved for further consideration by a comprehensive literature review. Ten studies fulfilled the eligibility criteria and they were examined further. There is a conflict on the possible relationship between workplace as a stressor factor and nurses’ smoking habits, because there is no evidence on if the nurses’ work environment causes smoking initiation.

Keywords: smoking; nurses; workplace; job stress; tobacco use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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