65 research outputs found
Third-party aggression and emotion work among nurses: Testing a moderated mediation model
Client aggression is increasingly a stressor in the workplace. This study aims to analyze how and why these experiences may trigger burnout. Focusing on health care workers, we tested a moderated mediation model of the relationship between exposure to third-party (patients and/or relatives) verbal aggression and burnout with the goal of assessing the mediation effects of emotion work and the moderating effects of personal resources (i.e., perceived self-efficacy in communication with patients) and job resources (job control, role clarity, social support by colleagues and by supervisors) on this relationship. A purposive sample of 356 nurses was recruited from four hospitals in northern Italy. A structured, self-report questionnaire was used to collect data. Mediated and moderated mediation regression models with PROCESS were used to test the hypotheses. As postulated, emotion work mediated the relationship between patient third-party aggression and nurses’ burnout. Role clarity and supervisors’ support were found to reduce the harmful effects of emotion work triggered by third-party aggression. Unexpectedly, perceived self-efficacy in communication did not have a buffering effect in the tested model. These results offer a novel approach to designing preventive actions aimed at cultivating resources to counter the impact of perceived exposure to client aggression on well-being
Third-party aggression and emotion work among nurses: Testing a moderated mediation model
Client aggression is increasingly a stressor in the workplace. This study aims to analyze how and why these experiences may trigger burnout. Focusing on health care workers, we tested a moderated mediation model of the relationship between exposure to third-party (patients and/or relatives) verbal aggression and burnout with the goal of assessing the mediation effects of emotion work and the moderating effects of personal resources (i.e., perceived self-efficacy in communication with patients) and job resources (job control, role clarity, social support by colleagues and by supervisors) on this relationship. A purposive sample of 356 nurses was recruited from four hospitals in northern Italy. A structured, self-report questionnaire was used to collect data. Mediated and moderated mediation regression models with PROCESS were used to test the hypotheses. As postulated, emotion work mediated the relationship between patient third-party aggression and nurses’ burnout. Role clarity and supervisors’ support were found to reduce the harmful effects of emotion work triggered by third-party aggression. Unexpectedly, perceived self-efficacy in communication did not have a buffering effect in the tested model. These results offer a novel approach to designing preventive actions aimed at cultivating resources to counter the impact of perceived exposure to client aggression on well-being
A Prospective Study Evaluating IOP Changes after Switching from a Therapy with Prostaglandin Eye Drops Containing Preservatives to Nonpreserved Tafluprost in Glaucoma Patients
Purpose. To compare the ocular hypotensive effect of tafluprost with prostaglandin analogues (PGAs) in glaucoma patients. Methods. 89 primary open-angle glaucoma patients treated with bimatoprost, latanoprost, or travoprost for at least 3 months complaining for ocular discomfort were switched to tafluprost. IOP was assessed at baseline and 3 months after switching the therapy by daily curve. Primary outcome was to compare the mean daily IOP of tafluprost with PGAs. Results. The mean daily IOP was 16 ± 2.1 and 16.6 ± 2.0 mm Hg at baseline and after switching to tafluprost, respectively (P > 0.05). When analysis was carried out between tafluprost and each previous PGAs, the comparison between latanoprost and tafluprost and travoprost and tafluprost did not show any statistically significant difference in mean daily IOP and at each time point. The comparison between bimatoprost and tafluprost showed a statistically significant difference in mean daily IOP (P < 0.05) and at each time point (P < 0.05). Conclusions. After 3 months of switching tafluprost showed an overall IOP lowering effect similar to others PGAs. When each PGA was compared with tafluprost, bimatoprost showed to provide a statistically significant additional IOP lowering effect
CYP116B5: a new class VII catalytically self-sufficient cytochrome P450 from Acinetobacter radioresistens that enables growth on alkanes
Characterization of a new Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase and conversion to a solely N-or S-oxidizing enzyme by a single R292 mutation
Escherichia coli overexpressing a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase from Acinetobacter radioresistens become resistant to Imipenem
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