Relationship of Satisfaction with Income, Fear of Violence and Personality Trait of Conscientiousness with Fatigue in Work in Nurses of Abadan Hospitals
akhlāq-i pizishkī i.e., Medical Ethics,
Vol. 14 No. 45 (1399),
30 March 2020
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Page 1-12
https://doi.org/10.22037/mej.v14i45.27244
Abstract
Background and Aim: Nurses 'fatigue at work can affect patient care outcomes and lead to increased errors and imposes significant costs on the health care system, so identifying factors related to nurses' fatigue at work is essential. This study has been done with the aim of determine the relationship of satisfaction with income, fear of violence and personality trait of conscientiousness with fatigue in work in nurses of Abadan hospitals.
Materials and Methods: In a descriptive-correlational study, 150 nurses, Abadan hospitals, were selected in the second half of the year 2018 with using two-stage cluster sampling method and completed fatigue scale of nurses Rasouli et al. Heneman & Schwab pay satisfaction questionnaire, fear of crime Ahmadi et al. and Conscientiousness subscale of the Personality Inventory NEO-Short Form (NEO-FFI). Data were analyzed using SPSS20 software and statistical tests Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple Regression analysis.
Ethical Considerations: Verbal informed consent was obtained from participants and to they were assured about information confidentiality.
Findings: Nurses were in the age range of 31-40 years, with mean and standard deviation of age 35.07±6.05, 68.7% of nurses were female and 31.3% male, 37.3% of them were single and 62.7% married. 89.3% of nurses had bachelor's degree and 10.7% had master's degree. Nurses' service history ranged from 1.5-21 years, with a mean and standard deviation of 10.97±4.68 years. Mean and standard deviation of satisfaction with income were 40.27±12.49, fear of violence 53/06±16/34, personality trait of conscientiousness 40.27±12.49 and fatigue in work 53.79±17.67. There was a significant negative relationship between satisfaction with income (rs=-0.49, p<0.01) and personality trait of conscientiousness (rs=-0.32, p<0.01) with fatigue in work; however, fear of violence was a significant positive relationship with fatigue at work (rs=0.23, p<0.01). 36% of the total variance of fatigue in work of nurses was explained by satisfaction with income, fear of violence and personality trait of conscientiousness.
Conclusion: The findings indicate the need for planning to increase nurses' income levels, protecting them against violence in stressful environment of hospitals and placement of nurses based on their conscience in order to reduce fatigue.
Cite this article as: Askari A, Rahmati S. Relationship of Satisfaction with Income, Fear of Violence and Personality Trait of Conscientiousness with Fatigue in Work in Nurses of Abadan Hospitals. Faṣlnāmah-i akhlāq-i pizishkī i.e., Quarterly Journal of Medical Ethics. 2020; 14(45): e10.
- Satisfaction with Income; Fear of Violence; Conscientiousness; Fatigue in Work; Nurses
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