Correlation analysis of quality of work life and psychological resilience of nurses in Operating Room

Abstract

Objective To investigate the quality of life and psychological resilience of nurses in Operation Room, and to explore the relationship between them. Methods From January to June 2017, 5 Class Ⅲ Grade A hospitals in Wuxi were selected by convenient sampling, and 40 nurses in Operating Room were selected as the research objects in each hospital by drawing method. They were surveyed by the basic data questionnaire, Work-related Quality of Life Scale-2 and Chinese version of Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. The independent sample t test, Pearson correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data. Results Totally 196 valid data were finally collected. The scores of quality of work life and psychological resilience of 196 nurses were (96.83±14.77) and (56.83±9.65) respectively, both of which were below average. The psychological resilience of nurses in Operating Room was positively related to the quality of work life (r=0.612, P<0.01) . The results of multivariate analysis showed that employment forms, working life and psychological resilience were the factors influencing the quality of working life of nurses in Operating Room (the standard regression coefficients were 0.077, -1.956, 0.682; P<0.01) , which explained 39.6% of the variation. Conclusions Resilience has positive influence on the quality of work life of nurses in Operating Room. Nursing managers can take appropriate measures to alleviate the work pressure of nurses, and fully mobilize their work enthusiasm, improve psychological resilience and then improve the quality of work life. Key words: Operating room; Nurses; Psychological resilience; Quality of work life