Factors Associated with the Work-self Balance of Nurses in an Advanced Medical Center

Overview

Journal PCN Rep

Publisher Wiley

Date 2024 Jun 13

PMID 38868684

Authors

Hiroaki Okayasu

Norio Sugawara

Yasushi Kawamata

Masataka Shinozaki

Keita Tokumitsu

Yoshiteru Sato

Aoi Sato

Yumiko Uchibori

Tomie Komatsu

Norio Yasui-Furukori

Kazutaka Shimoda

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Abstract

Aim: Balancing between personal and working life of nurses is important to increase their job satisfaction and to continue their careers. Our purpose was to investigate the relationship between nurses and work-self balance (WSB) at different phases of life, such as age, marriage and raising children, and the occupational factors that influence WSB that can be used to improve the work environment for nurses.

Methods: Using a self-administered questionnaire, we asked about gender, age, marital status, presence of children, working hours, and night shift. Occupational stresses, including WSB, were assessed with the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (New BJSQ) and the Organizational Justice Questionnaire (OJQ). The total number of unmarried and married respondents was 819. We investigated whether marital status and cohabiting children make a difference in WSB in the three age groups (less than 30 years, 31-40 years, and more than 41 years) using a Mann-Whitney test. In addition, we examined occupational factors affecting WSB using multiple regression analysis.

Results: The value of WSB negative was significantly greater in the group of married persons than in the group of unmarried persons ( < 0.05) and was significantly greater in the group with cohabiting children than in the group without cohabiting children ( < 0.01) only in the group aged 31-40 years. Multiple regression analysis indicated that significant occupational factors affecting WSB differed by each age group.

Conclusion: This survey showed that the factors and degree of WSB vary according to the generation and family environment of nurses.

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