Abstract
Nurses working in dialysis clinics are considered to be more stressful than those working in chronic disease wards. Therapeutic environment, so called "open floor" may influence the mental stress of nurses. The authors examined the relation between mental stress induced by "open floor" and job stress of nurses working in the dialysis clinics. Study subjects were 196 nurses working in dialysis clinics in Saga and Kumamoto Prefectures. In our study, 54.1% nurses answered that "Open floor environment is stressful". After using multiple regression analysis, "Strains concerning the role of nurse" (p<0.001) and "Strains concerning quality of nursing works" (p<0.001) was significantly related with the mental stress of nurses who felt stress in the "open floor" environment.
