Jotare Reza, Ghahramanian Akram, Ghafourifard Mansour, Onyeka Tonia C
Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Medical Education Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Nurs Open. 2025 Jun;12(6):e70248. doi: 10.1002/nop2.70248.
To investigate work-life balance (WLB) and its contributing factors among Iranian nurses in clinical settings.
This multicenter cross-sectional study collected data from 205 nurses using structured questionnaires.
Stratified random sampling was employed to select 205 nurses from three teaching hospitals in Tabriz, northwest Iran. Data were collected from March to June 2022. Participants completed a form detailing personal and work-related information, along with Fisher's Work-Life Balance Scale, which includes three subscales: Work Interference with Personal Life (WIPL), Personal Life Interference with Work (PLIW) and Work Personal Life Enhancement (WPLE).
Nurses reported higher WIPL scores compared to PLIW scores. Those with master's degrees had significantly lower WIPL scores. Nurses contemplating early retirement were younger and showed higher WIPL and lower WPLE scores. Additionally, nurses' age was positively correlated with WPLE scores.
Higher education levels may equip nurses with better skills to manage work demands, while those considering early retirement may experience increased pressures due to staffing shortages. The positive correlation between age and WPLE suggests that older nurses may have developed effective coping mechanisms or benefited from reduced work demands over time.
Iranian nurses experience significant work-life imbalances, with work interfering more with personal life than vice versa. Factors such as education level, early retirement preferences and age influence WLB. However, this study's cross-sectional nature limits causal inferences. Further longitudinal studies are needed to examine the dynamic relationship between work-life factors and WLB in this population. No Patient or Public Contribution.
调查伊朗临床护士的工作与生活平衡（WLB）及其影响因素。
本多中心横断面研究使用结构化问卷从205名护士收集数据。
采用分层随机抽样从伊朗西北部大不里士的三家教学医院选取205名护士。数据于2022年3月至6月收集。参与者填写一份详细列出个人和工作相关信息的表格，以及费舍尔工作与生活平衡量表，该量表包括三个子量表：工作对个人生活的干扰（WIPL）、个人生活对工作的干扰（PLIW）和工作对个人生活的促进（WPLE）。
护士报告的WIPL得分高于PLIW得分。拥有硕士学位的护士WIPL得分显著更低。考虑提前退休的护士更年轻，WIPL得分更高，WPLE得分更低。此外，护士的年龄与WPLE得分呈正相关。
更高的教育水平可能使护士具备更好的技能来应对工作需求，而那些考虑提前退休的护士可能因人员短缺而面临更大压力。年龄与WPLE之间的正相关表明，随着时间的推移，年长护士可能已经形成了有效的应对机制或从减少的工作需求中受益。
伊朗护士存在显著的工作与生活失衡，工作对个人生活的干扰大于个人生活对工作的干扰。教育水平、提前退休偏好和年龄等因素会影响工作与生活平衡。然而，本研究的横断面性质限制了因果推断。需要进一步开展纵向研究来考察该人群中工作与生活因素和工作与生活平衡之间的动态关系。无患者或公众参与。
