Briefs

Healthcare Workers and Job Strain

Research Briefs:

Subjective Cognitive Abilities Correlate with Poor Sleep Among Day-shift and Night-shift Nurses
Brief by Chelsea Goldstein, MGS and Lindsay Peterson, Ph.D. of the University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies and Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging.
Article:
Veal, B.M., Mu, C.X., Small, B.J., & Lee, S. (2021). Subjective cognitive abilities correlate with poor sleep among day-shift and night-shift nurses. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(5). doi: 10.1111/jsr.13359

“We Did More Damage”: How COVID-19 Collapsed the Care Convoys of Residents Living with Dementia
Brief by Chelsea Goldstein, MGS and Lindsay Peterson, Ph.D. of the University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies and Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging.
Article:
Hackett, S.E., Peterson, L.J., Vogel, C.E., Dobbs, D. (2023). “We Did More Damage”: How COVID-19 Collapsed the Care Convoys of Residents Living with Dementia. Journal of Applied Geronotology, 42(7). doi: 10.1177/07334648231162360

The Association Between Assisted Living Direct Care Worker End-of-Life Training and Hospice Use Patterns 
Brief by Christian Slater, Hillary Rouse, and Debra Dobbs of the University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies and Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging is a concise and easy to read summary of a journal article. See the citation below for information on the original article.
Article:
Dobbs, D., Kaufman, S., & Meng, H. (2018). The association between assisted living direct care worker end-of-life training and hospice use patterns. Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, 4, 1- 5. 

Bidirectional Associations of Sleep With Cognitive Interference in Employees’ Work Days
Brief by Amy Haywood of the University of South Florida, Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications.
Article:
Lee, S., Buxton, O. M., Andel, R., & Almeida, D. M. (2019). Bidirectional associations of sleep with cognitive interference in employees' work days. Sleep health, 5(3), 298-308. 

Job Strain and Late-Life Cognition: Findings from the Puerto Rican Elderly Health Conditions Study
Brief by Leonel Camejo, Hillary Rouse, Monica Nelson, Ross Andel, and Taylor Vigoureux of the University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies and Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging.
Article:
Vigoureux, T., Nelson, M., Andel, R., Small, B., Dávila-Roman, A., & Crowe, M. (2021). Job strain and late-life cognition: Findings from the Puerto Rican Elderly Health Conditions Study. Journal of Aging and Health, 33(3-4), 273–284.

Medical Faculty Beliefs: Self-Rated Importance and Confidence in Teaching Geriatrics Primary Care
Brief by Amy Haywood of the University of South Florida, Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications.
Article:
Hyer, K., Jester, D., Badana, A.N.S., D’Aoust, R., Robinson, B.E., Guerra, L., Michael, M., Molinari, V., Schwartz, A., Shocken, D., Wills, T., Wilson, C., Andel, R., (2019). Medical faculty beliefs: Self-rated importance and confidence in teaching geriatrics primary care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, (67)3, 576-580.

Prevalent Insomnia Concerns and Perceived Need for Sleep Intervention Among Direct-Care Workers in Long-Term Care. 
Brief by Chelsea Goldstein, MGS and Lindsay Peterson, Ph.D. of the University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies and Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging.
Article:
Lee, S., Vigoureux, T.F., Hyer, K., Small, B.J. (2020). Prevalent Insomnia Concerns and Perceived Need for Sleep Intervention Among Direct-Care Workers in Long-Term Care. The Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(1).

The Relationship of Caregiving to Work Conflict and Supervisor Disclosure with Emotional, Physical, and Financial Strain in Employed Family Caregivers
Brief by Mia Borja, Carlyn Vogel, Hillary Rouse, and Maureen Templeman of the University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies and Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging.
Article:
Templeman, M.E., Badana, A.N.S., & Haley, W.E. (2019). The relationship of caregiving to work conflict and supervisor disclosure with emotional, physical, and financial strain in employed family caregivers. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(7-8), 698-707.

Sleep Health is Associated with Next-Day Mindful Attention in Healthcare Workers
Brief by Leonel Camejo, Hillary Rouse, Christina Mu, and Soomi Lee of the University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies and Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging.
Article:
Lee, S., Mu, C., Gonzalez, B., Vinci, C., & Small, B. (2020). Sleep health is associated with next-day mindful attention in healthcare workers. Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation. 

Understanding Burnout and Its Potential Effects on Clinical Care
Brief by Nhu Nguyen, Hillary Rouse, and Victor Molinari of the University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies and Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging.
Article:
LoboPrabhu, S., Rouse, H., & Molinari, V. (2019). Understanding burnout and its potential effects on clinical care. In S. LoboPrabhu, F. Summer, & H. Moffic (Eds.) Combatting Burnout: A Guide for Psychiatrists (Chapter 4). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association Publishing.