Department of Human Resource Management, School of Business, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
PLoS One. 2024 Aug 28;19(8):e0303855. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303855. eCollection 2024.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of psychological well-being on job performance among nurses and midwives in rural and urban hospitals in Ghana amidst COVID-19. The study adopted a purely quantitative approach, using the explanatory research design. Data were collected from 262 nurses and midwives in two selected hospitals in the Central Region of Ghana. The Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyze the data collected. The results revealed that the levels of psychological well-being and job performance were high in both hospitals amidst the pandemic. Further, it was observed that although psychological well- being had significant influence on job performance among the nurses and midwives in both rural and urban communities, the effect was more significant in the urban settlements. Given these findings, the study recommended that in order to effectively improve the job performance of nurses and midwives, management must adopt policies such as, flexible work arrangements, leave policy, and counselling services to support their psychological well-being.
本研究旨在探讨在加纳农村和城市医院的护士和助产士中，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，心理健康对工作绩效的影响。该研究采用了纯粹的定量方法，使用了解释性研究设计。数据来自加纳中部两个选定医院的 262 名护士和助产士。使用结构方程模型对收集的数据进行了分析。结果表明，在疫情期间，两家医院的心理健康水平和工作绩效都很高。此外，研究还发现，尽管心理健康对农村和城市社区护士和助产士的工作绩效有显著影响，但在城市住区的影响更为显著。鉴于这些发现，该研究建议，为了有效提高护士和助产士的工作绩效，管理层必须采取诸如灵活的工作安排、休假政策和咨询服务等政策来支持他们的心理健康。
