Abstract
Objective:The aim of this study was to assess nurses’ health-related quality of life.Methods:This cross-sectional analytical study was accomplished among 154 nurses. Data were collected from two tertiary care hospitals of Karachi. Consent was taken prior to data collection from every participant. Questionnaire Short Form Health Survey-26 (SF-26) and Patients Health Questionnaire-9(PHQ-9) were used as a study tool. Data were analyzed through SPSS version 21.Results:ANOVA and T-test confirmed that energy/fatigue domain differed significantly with level of education, duty shift and monthly income with p-values 0.025, 0.001 and 0.006 respectively. It was observed that mean scores of physical functioning, role limitation due to physical health and pain domains differ significantly between depressive and non-depressive participants, with p-values 0.045, 0.01 and 0.005 respectively.Conclusions:Health related quality of life differs in comparison of physical health domain with depressive and non-depressive nurses. Only energy/fatigue domain was significantly associated with level of education, duty shift and monthly income of nurses.
Highlights
The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was initiated in the field of medical sciences, focusing primarily on the estimation of physical and psychological condition and social well-being.11
There were 55.84% of nurses working as a contractual basis and monthly income of the two-thirds of the participant’s was equal to Rs. 21000-40000/month
No notable mean difference of all SF-26 domains was reported except Role limitation due to physical health (RP) between nurses working in government sector or contractual basis
Summary
The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was initiated in the field of medical sciences, focusing primarily on the estimation of physical and psychological condition and social well-being.[1]. Psychological problems are increasing day by day, especially anxiety and depression Nurses have busy schedule to perform duties in different departments of an organization and may be exposed to the chemical, biological, physical injury and psychosocial factors like depression and stress. As a result, these factors lead to poor health of nurses. The aim of this study was to assess nurses’ health-related quality of life in view to physical and psychological health
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