Arbetsmotivation och psykisk hälsa bland sjuksköterskor inom psykiatrin : En jämförande studie mellan yngre och äldre sjuksköterskor

Sammanfattning: Background: The relation between work motivation and well-being are relatively welltheoretically entrenched, but few studies have been conducted on nurses withinpsychiatry. Objective: The aim of the present study was to examine the differences inintrinsic work motivation (autonomy, competence, relatedness), mental health andburnout between young (≤40 years) and older (>40 years) nurses employed inpsychiatry. Method: The study was an observational study with a cross-sectional designand group comparisons, conducted as a survey. The sample constituted of 60 employednurses. Chi2 analysis, ANOVA, t-test and linear regression analyses were conducted inSPSS (22,0). Result: Nurses had a relatively high intrinsic work motivation. Autonomy(M = 4,73) was estimated significantly lowest. Moreover, autonomy was estimatedsignificantly higher in the younger (M = 5,02, SD = 0,77) than in the older (M = 4,55,SD = 0,81) group. There was a significant relationship between competence and mentalwell-being in both groups and a significant relationship between competence andburnout in the older group. Conclusion: The study showed that there were differencesin how older and younger nurses reported motivation. Thus, in order to improve mentalhealth among nurses it is necessary to focus on competence development in the work.