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Literature Review On Healthy Ageing At Work

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A Research Review Study
On
Healthy ageing at work— Efficacy of group interventions on the mental health of nurses aged 45 and older: Results of a randomized, controlled trial, Primary review
Health Care Administration
Health Care statistics
Pankti Jigish Pathak ID# A00079158
Canadore College

URL: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0191000
Background
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency at work place where employees who were aging 45 and more in nursing department at Germany. According to the research increasing elderly population in all are facing more workplace stress, anxiety due to high work volume and high emotional strain level. The research was carried out amongst the nurses aged …show more content…

This research study interests me because stress, anxiety and other mental illness increases as age and somehow the other way it affects the workplace of an individual. This study will help me to know my curiosity to some extent the actual reason for the aging at work place related to quality of life or some mental health illness depressive, anxiety symptoms.
Research Review The population used in this primary research was all nursing employees aged ≥45 years in multicentre department at Germany. According to the German Federal Statistical Office, “changes will result in a shortage of more than 150,000 full-time nurses in Germany in 2025”. Moreover, this study considered the all European countries which was dealing with the high work volume and stress level at healthcare systems. Sample size of 115 nurses who were divided into intervention group and a wait-list control group were selected working at multicentre department in Germany. The people who were excluded in this particular study are with occupational disability, cognitive impartment and serious physical or with …show more content…

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