Health-promoting behaviours of Iranian nurses and its relationship with some occupational factors: A cross sectional study

Najaf-Abadi, Hakime Mustafaei; Rezaei, Behrooz

doi:10.1111/jonm.12610

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“…There are also serious challenges in nursing profession, such as job dissatisfaction, poor social status, nursing shortage, heavy workload and gap between theory and practice. Evidence suggests that Iranian nurses experience higher levels of occupational stress, workload, and burnout in comparison with nurses in other countries; this reduces the quality of nursing care and leads to patient dissatisfaction [27,28]. Despite advances in nurses' educational level, people and government criticize the low quality and safety of care [29].…”

Section: Healthcare System and Nursing Profession In Iranmentioning

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Association between organizational citizenship behavior and patient safety culture from nurses’ perspectives: a descriptive correlational study

Jafarpanah

Rezaei

2020

BMC Nurs

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Background: Nurses play a key role in providing patient safety. It is known that patient safety requires the improvement of patient safety culture, which can be a difficult process. One of the current challenges of hospitals is to explore the ways to improve patient safety culture. Organizational citizenship behaviors are one of the factors, which can develop organizational culture including safety culture; however, its role is not well established. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a stratified random sample of 214 nurses was selected from a largest teaching hospital in west of Iran. The institutional research board approved the study protocol. Data were collected using three self-report questionnaires: demographic information; hospital survey on patient safety culture (HSPSC); and organizational citizenship behaviors questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Spearman's correlation coefficient test in SPSS (α < 0.05). Results: Organizational citizenship behaviors were found to be at an intermediate level (56.84 ± 16.22). However, some of its dimensions, including sportsmanship, civic virtue, and courtesy, were at weak levels (< 50%). The mean percentage of positive responses to the patient safety culture was 49.00 ± 14.01. The patient safety culture had significant positive correlations with organizational citizenship behaviors (r = 0.349, P = 0.001) and dimensions of altruism (r = 0.255, P = 0.001), civic virtue (r = 0.434, P = 0.001), and courtesy (r = 0.214, P = 0.001). Conclusion: Our findings proposed the hypothesis that OCB has a statistical significant impact on PSC. Low levels of civic virtue, sportsmanship and courtesy behaviors may be indicative low nurses' interest in participating in organizational affairs and nurses' low attention to measures that prevent harm to their organization. It is recommended that nursing managers focus more on these dimensions, identifying influintioal factors and taking appropriate management measures to promote these behaviors. If our findings are confirmed in future studies, nursing managers can consider the development of organizational citizenship behaviors as one of the managerial approaches for promoting a patient safety culture.

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Section: Healthcare System and Nursing Profession In Iranmentioning

confidence: 99%

Association between organizational citizenship behavior and patient safety culture from nurses’ perspectives: a descriptive correlational study

Jafarpanah

Rezaei

2020

BMC Nurs

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“…As health professionals, nurses should have good health to take care of the patients and also to be a health promoter, as they are role models, advocates, and educators. Nurses are exposed to different risk factors for non-chronic diseases, for instance, stress and anxiety as a result of their workload and daily interaction with sick people, low physical activity, and long working hours [16,17,18]. Their job characteristics make it difficult for nurses to have healthy habits, as studies have reported low self-care in nurses [16,17,18].…”

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Burnout and Metabolic Syndrome in Female Nurses: An Observational Study

Chico-Barba

Jiménez-Limas

Sánchez-Jiménez

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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Nurses are at risk of having burnout due to workload and job stress—studies have reported that chronic stress is associated with metabolic syndrome. This study aimed to assess the association between burnout and metabolic syndrome in a sample of female nurses. Data were collected from a cross-sectional study from 2016 to 2018 in a tertiary hospital in Mexico City. All nurses that work in the hospital were invited to participate. Information pertaining to sociodemographic (age, education level), work (labor seniority, service area, shift work), anthropometric (weight, waist circumference, blood pressure) and biochemical (glucose, serum lipids) variables were collected. Burnout was assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory test, and metabolic syndrome was defined according to the International Diabetes Federation criteria. A total of 168 nurses participated with a median age of 44 years. The prevalence of burnout and metabolic syndrome was 19.6% and 38.7%, respectively. There was no association between burnout and metabolic syndrome (p = 0.373). However, associations of emotional exhaustion (aOR: 14.95; 95% CI: 1.5–148.7), personal accomplishment (aOR: 0.13; 95% CI: 0.01–0.99), and night shift (aOR: 12.39; 95% CI: 1.02–150.5) with increased waist circumference were found. Strategies are needed to prevent burnout and metabolic syndrome in nurses, especially in those who work at night shift.

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“…At the work organisation level, the implementation of a realistic tour with planned breaks should also be focused on [ 63 , 178 ]. Additionally, there should be steady shifts in consultation with employees in tour planning instead of constant shift changes [ 36 ]. Beyond that, employers in the outpatient care sector should place a greater emphasis on the health of their employees in general.…”

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“…There are already several studies focusing on nurses’ health behaviour, although the majority of the participants were from the inpatient care sector (nurses, nursing students) (e.g., [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 ]). Some studies also examined stationary nursing staff, including geriatric nurses and educators [ 55 ] or midwives [ 56 , 57 ].…”

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The Health Behaviour of German Outpatient Caregivers in Relation to Their Working Conditions: A Qualitative Study

Mojtahedzadeh

Rohwer

Neumann

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Ongoing demographic change is leading to an increasingly older society and a rising proportion of people in need of care in the German population. Therefore, the professional group of outpatient caregivers is highly relevant. Their work is characterised not only by interacting with patients in a mobile setting but also by working in shifts. Health behaviour under these specific working conditions is crucial for ensuring long-term work ability and performance. Little is known about the health behaviour of German outpatient caregivers and its potential impact on their work. The aims of the study were (1) to examine health behavioural patterns (nutrition, exercise, smoking, regeneration) of outpatient caregivers, (2) to illuminate their personal health-promoting behaviours, and (3) to identify potential work-related factors influencing their health behaviour. Fifteen problem-centred interviews were conducted with outpatient caregivers working in Northern Germany in the period January–April 2020. Interviews were analysed by using qualitative content analysis. Outpatient caregivers reported improvable nutrition and hydration, with simultaneous high coffee consumption, low physical activity, poor regeneration (breaks and sleep quality), and good personal health-promoting behaviour (e.g., back-friendly habits), although the majority were smokers. Barriers to the implementation of health-promoting behaviours were a high perception of stress due to increased workload and time pressure, while aids to better health-promoting behaviour were described as being social support and personal resources. The respondents perceived their working conditions as potentially influencing their health behaviour. On the basis of their descriptions, various practice-relevant strategies were derived. The data explore a potential need for outpatient care services to develop interventions on behavioural and structural levels that can help create healthier working conditions for their employees so these caregivers can adopt better health behaviours.

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Health-promoting behaviours of Iranian nurses and its relationship with some occupational factors: A cross sectional study

Cited by 19 publications

References 33 publications

Association between organizational citizenship behavior and patient safety culture from nurses’ perspectives: a descriptive correlational study

Association between organizational citizenship behavior and patient safety culture from nurses’ perspectives: a descriptive correlational study

Burnout and Metabolic Syndrome in Female Nurses: An Observational Study

The Health Behaviour of German Outpatient Caregivers in Relation to Their Working Conditions: A Qualitative Study

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