Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies/Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Advanced Practice Nurse, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Int Nurs Rev. 2019 Mar;66(1):61-69. doi: 10.1111/inr.12457. Epub 2018 Apr 6.
To investigate the key determinants of nurses' quality of life and work-life balance statuses in a tertiary hospital in Singapore.
Nurses' quality of life can directly and indirectly impact patients' safety and quality of care. Therefore, identifying key factors that influence nurses' quality of life is essential in the healthcare delivery system.
A descriptive quantitative study design was adopted, and validated questionnaires were used. Data were collected in a period of 3 months (March to May 2014) at a 600-bed tertiary hospital in Singapore. One thousand and forty nurses participated in the study.
Social support and sense of coherence were found to be significant predictors for high quality of life in all domains. Most nurses in this study spent more time on work than their private lives. However, there was no significant difference in job satisfaction among the four groups of nurses' proportions of percentages of actual time spent on work and private life.
Cultivating social support from family, friends/colleagues and supervisors can help an individual cope with stress and enhance a nurse's quality of life.
Even though nurses who spent more time at work were still satisfied with their job, they might need to be aware of their physical health and work environment. Nursing policy related to nurses' physical health and environment should be established. Health promotion programmes such as physical exercise and mindfulness interventions should be conducted to promote nurses' well-being and healthy workplace environments to enhance nurses' quality of life.
调查新加坡一家三级医院护士生活质量和工作生活平衡状况的关键决定因素。
护士的生活质量可以直接或间接地影响患者的安全和护理质量。因此，确定影响护士生活质量的关键因素对于医疗保健系统至关重要。
采用描述性定量研究设计，并使用经过验证的问卷。数据于 2014 年 3 月至 5 月（共 3 个月）在新加坡一家 600 张床位的三级医院收集。共有 1040 名护士参与了这项研究。
社会支持和心理韧性被发现是所有领域生活质量的重要预测因素。在这项研究中，大多数护士在工作上花费的时间多于私人生活。然而，在工作和私人生活实际时间比例的四个护士比例组中，工作满意度没有显著差异。
培养来自家庭、朋友/同事和主管的社会支持，可以帮助个人应对压力，提高护士的生活质量。
尽管在工作上花费更多时间的护士对他们的工作仍然满意，但他们可能需要意识到自己的身体健康和工作环境。应制定与护士身体健康和工作环境相关的护理政策。应开展健康促进计划，如体育锻炼和正念干预，以促进护士的健康和健康的工作环境，提高护士的生活质量。
