HEALTH STATUS AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG NURSES
Author(s)
Horváthné Kívés Z1, Boncz I2, Gyuró M1, Pakai A3, Vajda R1, Máté O1
1University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, 2University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, 3University of Pécs, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to reveal the health status, health behaviour and quality of life among the nurses working at University of Pécs. METHODS: -test, ANOVA, and Kruskall-Vallis test were used with 95% probability level (p<0.05). SPSS version 22.0 program was applied for data analysis. RESULTS: The mean age was 40.5 years and 88.6% was women (n=413). The rate of persons smoking one pocket of cigarettes at least daily was higher with employees in workshifts (p=0.029) and nurses with lower school qualification (p<0.001). We measured the lowest values in the general health (mean: 60) and vitality (mean: 59) dimensions of quality of life. The highest value was measured in the physical function (mean: 88). Employees in workshifts (p=0.039), persons between 46-62 years of age (p=0.014), single persons (p=0.021), and persons with poor financial situation (p<0.001) showed significantly worse values in the general health dimension. Those persons visiting the doctors seven or more times in the previous year (p<0,001), having more than 3 chronic diseases (p<0.001), evaluating their health condition poor (p<0.001), and choosing 7 or more symptoms on the phsychosomatic scale (p<0.001) in all the eight dimensions scored significantly lower values. CONCLUSIONS: The quality of life among nurses is lower than that of the Hungarian healthly population. Revealing the problems and the health status of the employees may provide important information for the nursing management in order to promote the long-term maintenance of nurses’ good health status and quality of life by organizational and support changes or options.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2015-11, ISPOR Europe 2015, Milan, Italy
Value in Health, Vol. 18, No. 7 (November 2015)
Code
PIH37
Topic
Patient-Centered Research
Topic Subcategory
Health State Utilities, Stated Preference & Patient Satisfaction
Disease
Multiple Diseases