Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Γενική και Εξειδικευμένη Παιδιατρική: Κλινική Πράξη και ΈρευναLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Supervisors info:
Δούσης Ευάγγελος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΠΑΔΑ
Μοσχόβη Μαρία, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Κουτελέκος Ιωάννης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΠΑΔΑ
Original Title:
Διερεύνηση της ποιότητας ζωής των παιδιατρικών ογκολογικών νοσηλευτών
Translated title:
Exploring the quality of life of pediatric oncology nurses
Summary:
Background: Nursing is one of the most stressful professions that affect nurses' quality of work life negatively.
Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the Quality of Nursing Work Life of pediatric oncology nurses in Greece.
Methodology: This is a cross-sectional comparative study. We assessed quality of work life of pediatric oncology and pediatric nurses of the two major pediatric public hospitals in Greece with the use of Quality of Nursing Work Life Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using Statistical Package SPSS version 23.0 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL).The significance level was set at 0.05.
Results: The study participated 119 nurses (79 pediatric oncology nurses and 40 pediatric nurses). The quality of work life of total nurses was moderate in our study (138.87 ± 24.198). Pediatric oncology nurses showed statistically significant differences in subscale “Work Life / Home Life” (p = 0.003) and “Work Design” (p = 0.002) as well as in the overall QNWL scale score, in which they showed an increase score (145.08 ± 27,064) against non-oncological pediatric nurses (135.72 ± 22.132).
Conclusions: The quality of work life is a factor that affects the professional performance of nurses and their family life resulting in both the provision of poorer quality services to patients and the poorer quality of life of their families. Improving nurses' quality of work life should focus on the management of factors that affect it.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Quality, Children, Nursing, Work life, Oncology
Number of references:
124
