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In order to identify ways in which worker stress affects domestic and social lives of health care workers in specific disciplines, a cross sectional interview survey was undertaken of 103 human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency (HIV/AIDS) and 100 oncology staff in nine treatment centers in London. Just over half of the families of HIV/AIDS and oncology staff surveyed were supportive or positive concerning their working in their chosen fields. Oncology staff families were significantly more likely to be positive and supportive. Friends of HIV/AIDS staff were more supporting than were their families. Almost three quarters of the staff surveyed avoided social discussion of their work. Most of these felt that they wanted to leave work at work, but nearly one fifth felt that social discussion of work was a peer activity. Just over a third of domestic partners complained to their health worker spouses, primarily about the physical impact of the job on home life. No meaningful correlations were found, however, between work impact on family life and Maslach Burnout Inventory subscales. It appeared that the complexities of social support networks, including marriages, and their interactions with working conditions may need further study before such relationships can be adequately characterized.
AIDS Care, 8(2):167-182, 1996. (38 references)
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