Mukherjee, Suzanne Kathleen Mary orcid.org/0000-0002-9012-0369, Beresford, Bryony Anne orcid.org/0000-0003-0716-2902 and Tennant, Alan (2014) Staff burnout in paediatric oncology:new tools to facilitate the development and evaluation of effective interventions. European Journal of Cancer Care. pp. 450-461. ISSN 0961-5423
Abstract
Working in paediatric oncology can be stressful, and staff may need support if they are to avoid burnout, but there is currently no evidence base to guide the development of interventions. As a significant barrier to addressing this gap is a lack of context specific research instruments, a project was undertaken to develop measures of the stressors and rewards experienced by staff. Measure development involved: (1) qualitative interviews with a purposive sample of paediatric oncology staff to develop an 'item pool' (n = 32); (2) selection of items for draft measures; (3) cognitive interviews (n = 7) to gather feedback on draft measures; (4) a survey of staff (n = 203) using the draft and comparator measures; (5) factor and Rasch analysis to determine the scaling properties of the measures; (6) an assessment of construct validity. As a result, the Work Stressors Scale - Paediatric Oncology (WSS-PO) and the Work Rewards Scale - Paediatric Oncology (WRS-PO) were created. Both measures have considerable content validity, and fulfil classical test theory requirements and Rasch model requirements for an interval level scale. These new measures can be used in research and clinical practice to investigate factors associated with burnout, and to facilitate and direct the development of staff interventions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | health ,oncology,paediatric oncology staff,work related stress,measure,tools,staff burnout,ill children and young people |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Research Groups (York) > Social Policy Research Unit (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number CANCER RESEARCH UK UNSPECIFIED |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2014 16:00 |
Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2024 00:28 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12176 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/ecc.12176 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:78753 |