คุณภาพชีวิตของพยาบาลวิชาชีพสังกัดกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ในจังหวัดสระบุรี / วรวิทย์ ชัยพรเจริญศรี = Quality of life of registered nurses in Ministry of Public Health, Saraburi province / Worawit Chaipornjareansri
The purposes of this study were to examine the quality of life of registered nurses in the Ministry of Public Health, Saraburi province, and factors related to their quality of life, and to compare the quality of life between administering registered nurses and operating registered nurses. The study was conducted during August 1998 and February 1999 by sending 347 self administered questionnaires to registered nurses all 14 governmental health service units in Saraburi Province. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney U test, and Kruskal-Wallis test were used for statistical analyses. The response rate was 87% (302/347). It was found that 68.6% of registered nurses were the operating nurses, 97.7% were female, 57.9% were between 30-39 years old, 40.8% were employed for 11-15 years, 48.7% were of position 5-6, and 45.7% exercised 1-3 times per week. The quality of life scores of administering and operating nurses were moderate, 51.6% and 65.7% respectively. Factors affecting the quality of life scores of registered nurses were job characteristics, age, duration of employment, educational background, position, salary, accident experience, duration of sleep and frequency of exercise (p <0.05). We found that administering registered nurses had higher quality of life scores than operating nurses. The study may be used as a guideline to improve quality of life of registered nurses with low scores and to promote quality of life of registered nurses with moderate to high scores. It may also be useful to promote quality of life of other health professionals in similar settings.
