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https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2019-70-3291

Work ability index in Slovenian hospital nurses aged over fifty years

Tanja Žmauc ; Alma Mater Europaea – ECM, Maribor, Slovenia
Danica Železnik ; Alma Mater Europaea – ECM, Maribor, Slovenia 2 Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
Oto Težak ; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Slovenia


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str. 265-271

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Sažetak

Nurses with reduced work ability are highly susceptible to the deleterious effects of their working environments,and their rates of sick leave, disability, and early retirement are higher than average. The aim of this study was to evaluate work ability in 433 Slovenian hospital nurses aged over fifty years providing secondary care in thirteen hospitals across Slovenia. To do that we used a standardised instrument known as work ability index (WAI). Mean WAI was 36.98±6.46 and median 38. WAI was not associated with age (Spearman’s ρ=-0.034, p=0.475). Total WAI score strongly correlated with the 1st item of the WAI questionnaire “current work ability” (ρ=0.726, p<0.001). Higher WAI scores were also associated with academic education, full-time employment, and working in a single (morning) or three shifts. Our WAI findings in nurses over fifty call for systemic changes in the nursing environment to maintain good work ability among nurses until the retirement age and beyond.

Ključne riječi

nursing; demographic factors; WAI; workplace

Hrčak ID:

229307

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/229307

Datum izdavanja:

6.12.2019.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: slovenski

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