The Relationship Between Professional Self-Concept and Work-Related Quality of Life of Nurses Working in the Wards of Patients With COVID-19

Abstract

Background Nurses are at the forefront of providing health care services and their performance is largely determinant of the quality of health care. The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between professional self-concept and QWL among nurses from selected hospitals based in the cities of Bushehr and Shiraz (southern Iran), at the time of COVD-19 pandemic. Method: This study is designed as a cross-sectional study. A Web-based questionnaire assessing a demographic characteristic, the Work-Related Quality of life (WRQoL), and the Nurse Self-Concept (NSCQ) was distributed to a representative sample (n = 263) of nurses working in hospital wards for patients with COVID-19. Data were analyzed using multivariate linear regression at the significance level of 0.05. Results The mean scores of the NSCQ and the WRQoL Scale in nurses were respectively by 202.32 ± 38.19 and 68.81 ± 19.12. There was also a significantly direct relationship between PSC and QWL. PSC together with work location and working experience could thus explain 34.6% of the variance in QWL, which was 26.5% for PSC. Conclusion Considering the confirmation of the predictive role of nurses’ PSC in their QWL in terms of planning and designing interventions to boost their QWL, attention to internal factors such as PSC is of utmost importance.

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