Table 1 MPEPS-N domains, subdomains and sample items
| Domain | Subdomains | Sample items | Adopted Questionnaire |
Item # before CFA |
Item # after CFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work Resources | Task Significancea | The results of my work can significantly impact the lives of patients under my care | Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ) | 4 | 4 |
| Work Schedulea | My job allows me to independently determine how to complete my tasks. | 3 | 2 | ||
| Social Supporta | My job provides me the opportunity to develop close friendships. | 6 | 5 | ||
| Social Feedbacka | I receive feedback on my performance from other people in my organization (such as manager and coworkers). | 3 | 3 | ||
| Organizational Carea | The management of my organization are interested in the health and well-being of the personnel. | Nordic Psychological & Social Factors at Work (QPSNordic) | 3 | 2 | |
| Rewardsa | Considering all my efforts and achievements, my job promotion prospects are adequate. | Effort-reward imbalance (ERI-S) | 7 | 3 | |
| Work Demands | Initiated interdependencea | Unless my job gets done, other jobs cannot be completed. | WDQ | 3 | 0 |
| Physical demandsa | My job requires a great deal of muscular endurance. | 3 | 3 | ||
| Efforta |
I have constant time pressure due to a heavy work load.
Over the past few years, my job has become more and more demanding. | Effort-reward imbalance (ERI-S) | 3 | 3 | |
| Team psychological job demandsa |
Doctors do not care enough about patients.
There is conflict between doctors and nurses over therapy. | Herschbach 1992 | 4 | 4 | |
| Work conditionsa |
The wards/ rooms are cramped
I have/had muscle pain/discomfort in my body due to work | Dutch Musculoskeletal Questionnaire | 2 | 0 | |
| Ease of Substitutiona |
I would rather go to work while unfit than to find a colleague to substitute for me.
Being a healthcare worker professional, I would attend my patients first even when I am unfit to go to work. | (Arronson + 4 Self Developed Questions) | 6 | 3 | |
| Work Stress | Depersonalization and emotional exhaustionb | Original items of Maslach Burnout Inventory English version cannot be reproduced here due to copyright issues | Maslach burnout Inventory (MBI) | 14 | 8 |
| Work Engagement | – |
At my job, I feel strong and vigorous.
I feel happy when I am working intensely. | Utrecht work engagement questionnaire (UWES) | 9 | 8 |
| Personal Health and Traits | Health Locus of Controla |
If I get sick, it is my own behavior which determines how soon I get well again.
If I take the right actions, I can stay healthy. | Multidimensional Health locus of control A (MHLC-A) | 6 | 5 |
| Work Productivity | Presenteeism Frequencyc | How many times during the last year have you gone to work when you should have been on sick leave due to your health condition? | Aronsson 2000 | 1 | |
| Productivityd | Using the same 0-to-10 scale, how would you rate your overall job performance on the days you worked during the past 4 weeks (28 days)? | WHO-health and performance questionnaire (WHO-HPQ) | 7 | ||
| Additional Items |
Quality of lifee General healthe |
How would you rate your quality of life?
Compared with people of your age, do you consider that your health condition as. |
WHO- Quality of Life
(WHO-QOL BREF) | 2 | |
| Demographics |
Please indicate highest degree of nursing training.
Please indicate the department that you spend the most of your time in. | Thematic household survey (THS) and healthcare manpower survey (HMS) | 6 | ||