A Study of Leisure Constraints and Job Satisfaction of Middle-Aged and Elderly Health Care Workers in COVID-19 Environment.

Chien-Hung Wu,Chin-Hsien Hsu,Kuan-Chieh Tseng,Hsiao-Hsien Lin,Sin-Yu Lai

doi:10.3390/healthcare9060713

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the leisure constraints and job satisfaction of middle-aged and elderly health care workers. The study employed a mixed research method, utilizing SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 23.0 statistical software to analyze 260 questionnaires using basic statistical tests, t-tests, ANOVA tests, and structural equation models, and then interviewed medical and public health workers and experts in the field, and the results were analyzed using multivariate verification analysis. The results showed that there was a significant low correlation between leisure constraints and job satisfaction among middle-aged and elderly health care workers (p < 0.01); interpersonal constraints and external job satisfaction factors were the main influencing factors; improving promotion opportunities and receiving appreciation increased job satisfaction; poor working environment and facilities, as well as the lack of achievement, were the main factors that reduced satisfaction; health factors, a lack of family support, no exercise partner, and a lack of extra budget are the key to leisure constraints. If the organization can provide nearby sports facilities for middle and high-age medical workers, improve welfare, and increase willingness to participate in leisure activities, physical and mental health can be improved. Finally, interpersonal interaction in leisure obstacles is the main reason for improving job satisfaction.

Highlights

In the severe COVID-19 environment, countries around the world are facing serious challenges to their overall economic, social, and environmental development, due to the uncertain infection risk in their living environment, which has led to overall social unrest and has had an impact on industrial development [1,2,3,4]
The analysis revealed that leisure constraints had a significantly low correlation (p < 0.01) with job satisfaction (0.33), and there were significant effects of various components
Interpersonal obstacles had the greatest effect on job satisfaction (0.33), and external factors of job satisfaction were crucial to leisure constraints

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Introduction

In the severe COVID-19 environment, countries around the world are facing serious challenges to their overall economic, social, and environmental development, due to the uncertain infection risk in their living environment, which has led to overall social unrest and has had an impact on industrial development [1,2,3,4]. In order to strengthen national security, governments have adopted quarantine policies, planned epidemic prevention measures, monitored the physical and mental health of their populations, and provided facilities and human resources to treat confirmed patients and assist people with nucleic acid testing to strengthen the national epidemic prevention frontline. The epidemic has not yet been alleviated. The cumulative number of confirmed cases has reached 106 million, with more than 2.31 million deaths [8], and the epidemic has not yet been officially alleviated. Has the epidemic not improved, but mutations of the virus have emerged [9], continuing to impact the development of governments and interfere with the life quality of the population. Does not support Poor health Too many skills. Gender (male/female); age (45–49/50–54/55–59/60–64); Education (junior college/university/institute); marriage (unmarried/married/other) leisure constraints job satisfaction

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