Background: Good general well-being of nurses is associated with reduced burnout and improved patient safety. However, few studies explored the factors of nurses' general well-being.
Aim:The study aimed to assess general well-being and its predictors among hospital nurses.
Methods:The study recruited 573 nurses working in a tertiary Chinese hospital to complete a survey of sociodemographic characteristics, DiSC ® personality profile, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and general well-being. Multivariate linear regression was conducted to assess factors affecting nurses' general well-being.Results: Marital status and clinical rank had a positive impact on general well-being, especially when nurses were married or in the stage of assistant nursing manager.Conversely, source of stress, DiSC ® profile and SAS score had a negative effect on general well-being, especially when nurses' stress came from colleagues, nurses were characterized by steadiness and conscientiousness, and nurses had extreme anxiety.
Conclusion: Marital status, clinical rank, source of stress, DiSC ® profile and SAS score were main factors affecting hospital nurses' general well-being. Implications for Nursing Management: By giving careful attention to nurses' family life, career development, personality characteristics and applying appropriate interventions, nursing managers can improve general well-being of nurses and promote patient care. K E Y W O R D S anxiety, general well-being, nurses, personality | 541 YU et al.