Review Article

Job Satisfaction among Care Aides in Residential Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review of Contributing Factors, Both Individual and Organizational

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Search strategy (all searches performed through to May 1, 2013).

DatabaseSearch terms

CINAHL (MH “Nursing Assistants”) OR (MH “Nursing Home Personnel”)
“health care aide” or “nursing assistant” or “nurs aide” or “personal care aide” or “resident companion” or “geriatric aide” or hca
(MH “Job Satisfaction”)
(“Job satisfaction”) or career N2 satisf or work N2 satisf or employ N2 satisf

Business Source Complete(“health care aide” or “nursing assistant” or aide or “nurs aide” or “personal care aide” or “resident companion” or “geriatric aide”) and (“job satisfaction” or satisf N2 work or satisf N2 employ satisf N2 career)

MedlineNurses’ Aides/(health care aide or health care attendant or HCA or personal care or personal care attendant or nursing assistant or resident companion or geriatric aide).tw. ((auxiliary adj 1 nurs) or (nurs adj 1 aide)).tw.
Job Satisfaction/job satisfaction.tw.
(satisf adj 2 (work or employ or career)).tw.

EMBASEnursing assistant/(health care aide or health care attendant or HCA or personal care or personal care attendant or nursing assistant or resident companion or geriatric aide).tw.
((auxiliary adj 1 nurs) or (nurs adj 1 aide)).tw.
job satisfaction/job satisfaction.tw.
(satisf adj 2 (work or employ or career)).tw.

AARP Ageline“Nurses-Aides”.de.
(health care aide or health care attendant or HCA or personal care or personal care attendant or nursing assistant or resident companion or geriatric aide).tw.
((auxiliary adj 1 nurs) or (nurs adj 1 aide)).tw.
“Job-Satisfaction”.de.
job satisfaction.tw.
(satisf adj 2 (work or employ or career)).tw.

Web of ScienceTS = (“health care aide” or “health care attendant” or HCA or “personal care attendant” or “nursing assistant” or “resident companion” or “geriatric aide”) AND TS = (“job satisfaction”)
Databases = SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, CPCI-S

SCOPUS(TITLE-ABS-KEY(“health care aide” OR “health care attendant” OR hca OR “personal care attendant” OR “nursing assistant” OR ”resident companion” OR “geriatric aide”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“job satisfaction”))

ABI Inform(“health care aide” OR “nursing assistant” OR “nurs aide” OR “personal care aide” OR “resident companion” OR “geriatric aide”) AND (“job satisfaction”)

Cochranejob satisfaction