Alma Mater Europaea - ECM,Maribor, Slovenia.
Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia.
Arh Hig Rada Toksikol. 2019 Dec 1;70(4):265-272. doi: 10.2478/aiht-2019-70-3291.
Nurses with reduced work ability are highly susceptible to the deleterious effects of their working environments, and their rates of sick leave, disability, and early retirement are higher than average. The aim of this study was to evaluate work ability in 433 Slovenian hospital nurses aged over fifty years providing secondary care in thirteen hospitals across Slovenia. To do that we used a standardised instrument known as work ability index (WAI). Mean WAI was 36.98±6.46 and median 38. WAI was not associated with age (Spearman's ρ=-0.034, p=0.475). Total WAI score strongly correlated with the 1st item of the WAI questionnaire "current work ability" (ρ=0.726, p<0.001). Higher WAI scores were also associated with academic education, full-time employment, and working in a single (morning) or three shifts. Our WAI findings in nurses over fifty call for systemic changes in the nursing environment to maintain good work ability among nurses until the retirement age and beyond.
工作能力下降的护士更容易受到工作环境的不利影响，他们的病假、残疾和提前退休率高于平均水平。本研究旨在评估在斯洛文尼亚 13 家医院从事二级护理的 433 名 50 岁以上的医院护士的工作能力。为此，我们使用了一种称为工作能力指数（WAI）的标准化工具。平均 WAI 为 36.98±6.46，中位数为 38。WAI 与年龄无关（Spearman ρ=-0.034，p=0.475）。WAI 总分与 WAI 问卷的第 1 项“当前工作能力”高度相关（ρ=0.726，p<0.001）。较高的 WAI 得分也与学历、全职工作以及只上一班（早班）或三班有关。我们对 50 岁以上护士的 WAI 研究结果呼吁对护理环境进行系统性改革，以维持护士的良好工作能力，直至退休年龄及以后。
