Evaluation of the quality of working life and its effective factors in employed nurses of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Hospitals

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1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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4 Department of Occupational Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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چکیده

BACKGROUND: Quality of working life (QWL) refers to aspects of life quality, which are related towork settings. This study was designed to evaluate the QWL and its effective factors among nursesof Tehran University of Medical Sciences Hospitals.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross‑sectional descriptive–analytical study, the demographicquestionnaire and work‑related quality of life questionnaire were used to collect data among 435nurses working in hospitals, affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. This article has beenadapted from the approved project of Medical Ethics Committee of Tehran University of MedicalSciences (with the identification code 8911215132).RESULTS: The average QWL of nurses in the study was 50.56. There was a significant statisticalrelationship between gender, frequency of overtime, and working ward with QWL (P < 0.05). In amultivariate analysis, working ward had the only meaningful relationship.CONCLUSION: Due to low QWL of nurses in the emergency department, the need of interventionsto improve conditions and ultimately to increase QWL of nurses working in the emergency room isbeing reminded.