Investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in Singapore

tertiary hospital in Singapore. Background: Nurses’ quality of life can directly and indirectly impact patients’ safety and quality of care. Therefore, identifying key factors that influence nurses’ quality of life is essential in the healthcare delivery system. Methods: A descriptive quantitativ...

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Main Authors:	Kowitlawkul, Y., Yap, Suk Foon, Makabe, Sachiko, Chan, S., Takagai, Junko, Tam, Wilson Wai San, Nurumal, Mohd Said
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2019
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) RT Nursing RT82 Nursing As A Profession
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spelling	iium-717352019-07-12T02:38:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71735/ Investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in Singapore Kowitlawkul, Y. Yap, Suk Foon Makabe, Sachiko Chan, S. Takagai, Junko Tam, Wilson Wai San Nurumal, Mohd Said H Social Sciences (General) RT Nursing RT82 Nursing As A Profession tertiary hospital in Singapore. Background: Nurses’ quality of life can directly and indirectly impact patients’ safety and quality of care. Therefore, identifying key factors that influence nurses’ quality of life is essential in the healthcare delivery system. Methods: A descriptive quantitative study design was adopted, and validated questionnaires were used. Data were collected in a period of 3 months (March to May 2014) at a 600-bed tertiary hospital in Singapore. One thousand and forty nurses participated in the study. Results: Social support and sense of coherence were found to be significant predictors for high quality of life in all domains. Most nurses in this study spent more time on work than their private lives. However, there was no significant difference in job satisfaction among the four groups of nurses’ proportions of percentages of actual time spent on work and private life. Conclusions: Cultivating social support from family, friends/colleagues and supervisors can help an individual cope with stress and enhance a nurse’s quality of life. Implications for nursing policy and practice: Even though nurses who spent more time at work were still satisfied with their job, they might need to be aware of their physical health and work environment. Nursing policy related to nurses’ physical health and environment should be established. Health promotion programmes such as physical exercise and mindfulness interventions should be conducted to promote nurses’ well-being and healthy workplace environments to enhance nurses’ quality of life. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2019-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71735/1/71735_Investigating%20nurses%E2%80%99%20quality%20of%20life_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71735/2/71735_Investigating%20nurses%E2%80%99%20quality%20of%20life_wos.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71735/3/71735_Investigating%20nurses%E2%80%99%20quality%20of%20life_scopus.pdf Kowitlawkul, Y. and Yap, Suk Foon and Makabe, Sachiko and Chan, S. and Takagai, Junko and Tam, Wilson Wai San and Nurumal, Mohd Said (2019) Investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in Singapore. International Nursing Review, 66 (1). pp. 61-69. ISSN 0020-8132 E-ISSN 1466-7657 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/inr.12457 10.1111/inr.12457
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) RT Nursing RT82 Nursing As A Profession Kowitlawkul, Y. Yap, Suk Foon Makabe, Sachiko Chan, S. Takagai, Junko Tam, Wilson Wai San Nurumal, Mohd Said Investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in Singapore
description	tertiary hospital in Singapore. Background: Nurses’ quality of life can directly and indirectly impact patients’ safety and quality of care. Therefore, identifying key factors that influence nurses’ quality of life is essential in the healthcare delivery system. Methods: A descriptive quantitative study design was adopted, and validated questionnaires were used. Data were collected in a period of 3 months (March to May 2014) at a 600-bed tertiary hospital in Singapore. One thousand and forty nurses participated in the study. Results: Social support and sense of coherence were found to be significant predictors for high quality of life in all domains. Most nurses in this study spent more time on work than their private lives. However, there was no significant difference in job satisfaction among the four groups of nurses’ proportions of percentages of actual time spent on work and private life. Conclusions: Cultivating social support from family, friends/colleagues and supervisors can help an individual cope with stress and enhance a nurse’s quality of life. Implications for nursing policy and practice: Even though nurses who spent more time at work were still satisfied with their job, they might need to be aware of their physical health and work environment. Nursing policy related to nurses’ physical health and environment should be established. Health promotion programmes such as physical exercise and mindfulness interventions should be conducted to promote nurses’ well-being and healthy workplace environments to enhance nurses’ quality of life.
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author	Kowitlawkul, Y. Yap, Suk Foon Makabe, Sachiko Chan, S. Takagai, Junko Tam, Wilson Wai San Nurumal, Mohd Said
author_facet	Kowitlawkul, Y. Yap, Suk Foon Makabe, Sachiko Chan, S. Takagai, Junko Tam, Wilson Wai San Nurumal, Mohd Said
author_sort	Kowitlawkul, Y.
title	Investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in Singapore
title_short	Investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in Singapore
title_full	Investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in Singapore
title_fullStr	Investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in Singapore
title_sort	investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in singapore
publisher	Blackwell Publishing Ltd
publishDate	2019
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Investigating nurses’ quality of life and work-life balance statuses in Singapore

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