Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Nursing Management, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Work. 2021;70(2):347-354. doi: 10.3233/WOR-210559.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the number of patients admitted to hospitals and the workload of nurses has increased. High workload can reduce efficiency and quality of life. In the meantime the percived social support may had a moderating role.
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of workload and perceived social support on quality of life in nurses who work in COVID-19 inpatient wards.
This was a cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study. 336 nurses who worked in inpatient wards with COVID-19 patients were randomly selected and studied. NASA-TLX Workload Questionnaire, WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire and Multidimensional Social Support Perception Scale were used to data collection. Structural equation modelling in PLS software was used to modelling.
The results showed that the average score of workload, perceived social support and quality of life were 80.87±20.17, 56.23±11.46 and 55.87±13.74, respectively. A significant inverse relationship was observed between workload and quality of life (P < 0.05). Also, perceived social support had a moderator effect on relationship between workload and quality of life (P < 0.05).
High workload can upset the balance between work and life that leads to decrease the quality of life. Perceived social support as a moderator can reduce the negative impact of workload on quality of life. In the COVID-19 pandemic where nurses' workload have increased, by increasing the perceived social support can manage the negative effect of workload.
由于伊朗的 COVID-19 疫情，住院患者人数增加，护士的工作量也随之增加。高工作量会降低工作效率和生活质量。同时，感知到的社会支持可能起到调节作用。
本研究旨在探讨 COVID-19 住院病房护士的工作量和感知到的社会支持对生活质量的影响。
这是一项横断面描述性分析研究。随机选择并研究了在 COVID-19 住院病房工作的 336 名护士。使用 NASA-TLX 工作量问卷、WHO 生活质量问卷和多维社会支持感知量表进行数据收集。使用 PLS 软件中的结构方程模型进行建模。
结果表明，工作量、感知社会支持和生活质量的平均得分分别为 80.87±20.17、56.23±11.46 和 55.87±13.74。工作量与生活质量呈显著负相关（P<0.05）。此外，感知社会支持对工作量和生活质量之间的关系具有调节作用（P<0.05）。
高工作量会打破工作与生活的平衡，导致生活质量下降。感知到的社会支持作为一种调节剂，可以减轻工作量对生活质量的负面影响。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，护士的工作量增加，通过增加感知到的社会支持，可以管理工作量的负面影响。
