RT Journal Article
T1 Relationship Between Work Engagement, Psychosocial Risks, and Mental Health Among Spanish Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study
A1 García Iglesias, Juan Jesús
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
A1 Ortega Moreno, Mónica
A1 Navarro Abal, Yolanda
AB Background: Exposure to risk factors may lead to health problems of varied nature andto an increased risk of suffering accidents at work.Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the work engagement, psychosocialrisks, and psychological well-being of Spanish nurses, analyzing existing relationships,and their associations with self-reported mental health problems of nurses.Methods: To this end, a cross-sectional observational study was carried out witha sample of 1,704 Spanish nurses between January 2019 and January 2020, usinga self-administered questionnaire containing sociodemographic variables, the Spanishversion of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (CoPsoQ-istas21), the UtrechtWork Engagement Scale (UWES-9), and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12).Results: The Kruskal-Wallis test showed that nurses’ perceptions for each of the testssignificantly differed among different healthcare areas (p < 0.05). The results indicatedthat emergency nurses offered higher scores in all dimensions of the CoPsoQ-istas21and GHQ-12 tests; and in primary care, nurses scored higher in all three dimensions ofthe UWES-9 test. In addition, self-perceived health and vigor at work were identified aspredictive factors of mental health.Conclusions: A high percentage of Spanish nurses perceived a high level ofpsychosocial risk in the exercise of their duties and nearly 41% could suffer fromsome mental health-related problem. Primary Care nurses showed higher levels of workengagement and lower perception of psychosocial risks than Emergency nurses. Resultsmay allow to identify a professional profile which ismore likely to suffer frompsychologicaldistress, as both the working conditions and the work commitment expressed by nursesin their daily work are key elements in assessing the possible psychosocial risks to whichthey may be exposed.
PB Frontiers Media
SN 2296-2565
YR 2021
FD 2021-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19480
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19480
LA eng
NO García Iglesias, J. J., Gómez Salgado, J., Ortega Moreno, M., & Navarro Abal, Y. (2021). Relationship Between Work Engagement, Psychosocial Risks, and Mental Health Among Spanish Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers in Public Health, 8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.627472
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026