Department of Pathophysiology, and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Multiple Sclerosis Centre, University Polyclinic Hospital G. Rodolico, Catania, Italy.
Neurol Sci. 2022 Mar;43(3):1903-1910. doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05520-8. Epub 2021 Aug 7.
Health professionals caring for persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) are faced with increasingly complex working conditions that can undermine their job satisfaction and the quality of their healthcare services. The aim of this study was to delve into health professionals' job satisfaction by assessing the predictive role of happiness and meaning at work. Specifically, it was hypothesized that job meaning would moderate the relationship between job happiness and satisfaction.
The study hypothesis was tested among 108 healthcare professionals (53 physicians and 55 nurses) working in eight MS centers in Italy. Participants were administered the Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation and the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire. Hierarchical regression analysis was performed to test the moderating role of job meaning between job happiness and satisfaction.
A significant interaction effect of job happiness and meaning on job satisfaction was identified for both physicians and nurses. When work was attributed low meaning, participants experiencing high job happiness were more satisfied with their work than those reporting low happiness; by contrast, when work was perceived as highly meaningful, participants' levels of job happiness did not significantly contribute to job satisfaction.
Focusing on the interplay between job happiness and meaning, findings bring forward practical suggestions for the preservation and promotion of job satisfaction among health professionals working with MS patients. Particularly, they suggest the need to strengthen those job-related aspects that may enhance job meaning, thus providing health professionals with significant reasons to persevere in their work in the face of daily challenges.
照顾多发性硬化症（MS）患者的医疗保健专业人员面临着日益复杂的工作条件，这可能会降低他们的工作满意度和医疗服务质量。本研究旨在通过评估工作中的幸福感和意义对健康专业人员工作满意度的预测作用，深入研究健康专业人员的工作满意度。具体来说，研究假设工作意义将调节工作幸福感和满意度之间的关系。
在意大利的 8 个 MS 中心，对 108 名医疗保健专业人员（53 名医生和 55 名护士）进行了研究。参与者接受了幸福的两个维度（即享乐和精神）的幸福感调查和工作满意度问卷的调查。采用分层回归分析检验工作意义对工作幸福感和满意度之间的调节作用。
对于医生和护士来说，工作幸福感和意义对工作满意度都存在显著的交互作用。当工作被赋予低意义时，体验到高工作幸福感的参与者比报告低幸福感的参与者对工作更满意；相比之下，当工作被认为具有高度意义时，参与者的工作幸福感水平对工作满意度没有显著贡献。
关注工作幸福感和意义之间的相互作用，研究结果为从事 MS 患者护理工作的健康专业人员工作满意度的维护和提升提供了实际建议。特别是，研究结果表明需要加强那些可能增强工作意义的工作相关方面，从而为健康专业人员在面对日常挑战时坚持工作提供重要的理由。
