Department of Nursing, School and Hospital of Stomatology, China Medical University, Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Shenyang, 110002, People's Republic of China.
BMC Oral Health. 2021 Aug 16;21(1):402. doi: 10.1186/s12903-021-01766-y.
Work engagement is affected by many factors. The level of work engagement among dental nurses is unknown.
A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among 215 dental nurses. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Chinese Nurse Stressors Scale, Work-related Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, Multi-dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and General Well-Being Schedule were applied to measure Chinese nurses' work engagement, job stress, psychological flexibility, perceived social support and subjective well-being, respectively. Univariate analysis was used to identify the relationships of work engagement with demographic and psychological characteristics. Hierarchical linear regression analysis was applied to test the variance in work engagement accounted for by factors related to work engagement in the univariate analysis.
The level of work engagement among Chinese dental nurses was moderate or above. Work engagement was positively associated with perceived social support, psychological flexibility and subjective well-being but negatively correlated with job stress. The hierarchical regression analysis showed that age, job stress, psychological flexibility and subjective well-being were significantly correlated with work engagement, though perceived social support was not, all of those psychological variables together explained 34.7% of the variance in work engagement.
Dental nurses in China had an acceptable level of work engagement in terms of vigour, dedication and absorption. Increased job stress resulted in lower work engagement. Nurses who had higher levels of perceived social support, psychological flexibility and subjective well-being also had higher work engagement. It is necessary to understand the job stress of nurses, strengthen nurses' social support, relieve nurses' job stress, improve nurses' psychological flexibility and subjective well-being, which will improve nurses' work engagement levels.
工作投入受到许多因素的影响。牙科护士的工作投入水平尚不清楚。
采用横断面问卷调查法，对 215 名牙科护士进行调查。采用乌得勒支工作投入量表、中国护士工作应激源量表、工作接受与行动问卷、多维感知社会支持量表和总体幸福感量表分别测量中国护士的工作投入、工作压力、心理灵活性、感知社会支持和主观幸福感。采用单因素分析识别工作投入与人口统计学和心理特征的关系。采用分层线性回归分析检验单因素分析中与工作投入相关的因素对工作投入的方差解释。
中国牙科护士的工作投入水平处于中等或以上水平。工作投入与感知社会支持、心理灵活性和主观幸福感呈正相关，与工作压力呈负相关。分层线性回归分析显示，年龄、工作压力、心理灵活性和主观幸福感与工作投入显著相关，而感知社会支持则不相关，这些心理变量共同解释了工作投入 34.7%的方差。
中国牙科护士的工作投入在活力、奉献和专注方面处于可接受水平。工作压力增加会导致工作投入降低。感知社会支持、心理灵活性和主观幸福感水平较高的护士工作投入也较高。有必要了解护士的工作压力，加强护士的社会支持，减轻护士的工作压力，提高护士的心理灵活性和主观幸福感，从而提高护士的工作投入水平。
