The relationship between the quality of work life and sleep in nurses at the intensive care units of teaching hospitals in Mazandaran, Iran

authors:

avatar Behzad Momeni 1 , avatar Vida Shafipour ORCID 2 , * , avatar Ravanbakhsh Esmaeili 2 , avatar Jamshid Yazdani Charati ORCID 3

Student Research Committee, MSc Student of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Nasibeh Nursing & Midwifery Faculty, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences: Vol.3, issue 1; 28-34
published online: April 02, 2016
article type: Research Article
received: November 24, 2015
accepted: January 20, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18869/acadpub.jnms.3.1.28

how to cite: Momeni B, Shafipour V, Esmaeili R, Yazdani Charati J. The relationship between the quality of work life and sleep in nurses at the intensive care units of teaching hospitals in Mazandaran, Iran. J Nurs Midwifery Sci. 2016;3(1):e141265. https://doi.org/10.18869/acadpub.jnms.3.1.28.

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Stress has adverse effects on the quality of sleep and professional life in nurses engaged in intensive care
units (ICUs). This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the qualities of work life and sleep in nurses employed in the ICUs
of Mazandaran province in Iran.
Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 180 nurses employed in the ICUs of teaching hospitals
affiliated to Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2015. Participants were selected via stratified random sampling. Data
collection tools included demographic questionnaire, Walton’s Quality of Work Life (QWL), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
(PSQI). Data analysis was performed in SPSS V.18 using descriptive and inferential statistics (independent T-test, one-way ANOVA,
Pearson’s correlation-coefficient, and logistic regression analysis).
Results: In this study, ICU nurses were dissatisfied with most of the dimensions associated with the quality of work life. Moreover,
49 participants (27.2%) had poor quality of work life, while 119 (66.1%) and 12 cases (6.7%) had moderate and high quality of work
life, respectively. Also, 69 (38%) and 111 nurses (61.7%) were reported to have good and unfavorable sleep quality, respectively. A
significant, inverse, linear correlation was observed between the quality of work life and sleep quality (P=0.012).
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, quality of work life and sleep quality were moderate and unfavorable in the majority
of ICU nurses, respectively. Moreover, sleep quality had a significant correlation with the quality of work life.

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