The relationship between social support and the quality of working life of neonatal intensive care unit nurses in selected hospitals of Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences-2016
Advances in Nursing & Midwifery,
Vol. 27 No. 3 (2018),
1 Dey 2018
,
Page 49-52
https://doi.org/10.22037/anm.v27i3.17027
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: Social support has a key role in improvement of quality of working life
of nurses. The present study aimed at measuring the quality of nurse’s working life and
perceived social support and examine their relationship in neonatal intensive care unit
nurses.
Methods: In the present descriptive-correlational study, the statistical population
consisted of nurses working at neonatal intensive care units of selected hospitals
affiliated to Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences, selected by census. Overall, 98
nurses were selected. Since the number of employed nurses was approximately the
same, all nurses were selected by the census method and based on the inclusion
criteria.Tools used included the "Demographic Questionnaire”, “Multidimensional
Scale of Perceived Social Support" and "Quality of Nurses' Work Life". Validity of the
questionnaires was confirmed by 12 experts, and its reliability was confirmed by the
Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data were analyzed using the SPSS-20 software.
Results: The highest mean value in social support belonged to the "family" dimension
(5.19± 1.05) and the lowest to "friends" (4.50± 1.11), and overall mean social support
value was 4.78 ± 0.99. The quality of working life had the highest mean value in the
"working life" dimension (3.67± 0.72) and the lowest in "personal life" (3.38± 0.89),
and overall mean value of quality of working life was 3.57± 0.57 in nurses. The obtained
results showed a positive correlation between social support and the quality of working
life in nurses (r=0.25, P=0.02).
Conclusions: The obtained results showed a significant and positive relationship
between perceived social support and quality of nursing working life. However, the
relationship between subscales of these two variables was mildly confirmed. Generally,
the present study results are in accordance with the results of previous studies.
- Perceived Social Support Quality of Nursing Working Life Neonatal Intensive Cares
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