Croatian Nursing Journal, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2018.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.24141/2/2/2/2
Quality of Life of Nurses in Osijek
Tihana Batrnek
orcid.org/0000-0002-0983-1551
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Medicine: University graduate study of Nursing, Osijek, Croatia
Mateo Gašpert
orcid.org/0000-0002-3424-165X
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Medicine: University graduate study of Nursing, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
Introduction. The nurse is the one who will be with patients, listen to them, talk to them, provide security, and focus their attention on them. The nurse is unique. The World Health Organisation defines quality of life as the perception of the role of the individual in the context of culture and values in which he lives and in relation to his goals, expectations, standards and concerns.
Aim. To examine the quality of life of nurses in the Clinical Hospital Center Osijek and Health center Osijek.
Study design. A cross-sectional study.
Methods. The study includes the total of 117 nurses, 64 of whom work in the Clinical Hospital Centre in Osijek and 53 are employed in primary health care. The World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire is used in the study. Demographic characteristics are examined in the first part of the questionnaire, and in the second part of the questionnaire participants were asked questions that are related to the quality of their lifestyle.
Results. Nurses rated their quality of life as good (45.3 %), also, they are satisfied with their health (59.8 %). Respondents in the age group from 22 to 32 are most satisfied with the domain “Social relations” with the arithmetic mean of 63,06 and p value 0.048. All three questions from the domain “Social relationship of nurses” had high arithmetic means which were over 3.60.
Conclusion. Quality of life of nurses is at a good level. Younger respondents have a better quality of life. Respondents are most satisfied with their own agility and meaning of their lives, while they are most dissatisfied with their financial situation and opportunities for recreation.
Keywords
quality of life; shift work; nurse
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213084
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Publication date:
18.12.2018.
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