Department of Nursing, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana.
PLoS One. 2022 Sep 1;17(9):e0272597. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272597. eCollection 2022.
Attrition of the Nursing Workforce from low-and middle-income countries to high-resourced settings is a reality that has escalated in the current Coronavirus pandemic due to varied reasons. With increased job stress resulting from the pandemic, the Quality of Work-Life of the Nursing Workforce is affected, with its effect on poor quality care to the client. This study sought to assess the perception of the Nursing Workforce about the Quality of Work-Life, and the factors that predict turnover intention among nurses in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana.
A cross-sectional, descriptive design involving multiple centres was used. The participants were made up of 348 Registered Nurses working in primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare in five (5) hospitals in the Kumasi Metropolis. Data collection was done using questionnaires adapted from the Work-Related Quality of Life Scale and the Turnover Intention Scale and analyzed using frequencies, mean, standard deviation, Pearson's Product Moment Correlation, and Multiple Regression.
The Registered Nurses perceived Quality of Work-Life as low; with close to half of them having a turnover intention. All the domains of Quality of Work-Life of the Nursing Workforce significantly correlated with Turnover intentions. Regression analysis showed that the number of years in a healthcare setting, general well-being, job control and satisfaction, and working condition of the Registered Nurse significantly predicted their turnover intentions at the p-value of 0.05.
The findings of the study have provided an understanding of the Quality of Work-Life, and factors that contribute to increased turnover intentions among the Nursing Workforce amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare systems must enrol in requisite programmes that provide psychological and social support through counselling to promote the Quality of Work-Life of nurses.
在当前的冠状病毒大流行中，由于各种原因，中低收入国家的护理人员流失到高资源环境的情况愈演愈烈。由于大流行导致工作压力增加，护理人员的工作生活质量受到影响，对客户的护理质量也受到影响。本研究旨在评估护理人员对工作生活质量的看法，以及预测加纳库马西大都市区护士离职意向的因素。
采用多中心横断面描述性设计。参与者由在库马西大都市区五（5）家医院从事初级、中级和三级医疗保健的 348 名注册护士组成。使用改编自工作相关生活质量量表和离职意向量表的问卷进行数据收集，并使用频率、平均值、标准差、皮尔逊积矩相关和多元回归进行分析。
注册护士认为工作生活质量较低；近一半的人有离职意向。护理人员工作生活质量的所有领域都与离职意向显著相关。回归分析显示，在医疗保健环境中的工作年限、总体健康状况、工作控制和满意度以及注册护士的工作条件，这些因素在 p 值为 0.05 时，对他们的离职意向有显著预测作用。
该研究的结果提供了对工作生活质量的理解，并了解了在 COVID-19 大流行期间导致护理人员离职意向增加的因素。医疗保健系统必须参加必要的计划，通过咨询提供心理和社会支持，以促进护士的工作生活质量。
