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 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

The ANQueSt (Asian Nurse Quality of Life Study) to compare quality of life and identify related variables: study protocol for a cross-sectional design

Background: Hospital-based nurses’ quality of life is affected by stress coping ability, job satisfaction, job stress, and social support. These relationships appear to be identical, even among different countries. Nevertheless, dynamic comparisons of quality of life in Asia are very limited. The Asian Nurse Quality of Life Study was designed to compare nurses’ quality of life across Asian countries and identify variables that are related to quality of life. Research design: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey design. Subject: Hospital based nurses are recruited from Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Bhutan (Five Asian countries). The inclusion criteria for the research are: 1) being from an Asian country, 2) working at a teaching hospital, and 3) obtaining the nursing director’s agreement. Co-researchers from each country independently select particular research fields. Method: A cross-sectional survey is conducted across five Asian countries (Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Bhutan). Quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF), job stress (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health questionnaire), and demographic data are assessed. Quality of life is directly compared among the countries. Stepwise multivariate linear regression analysis is performed to identify variables related to quality of life. Survey duration: Survey duration is between October 2013 and August 2014

日本人がん患者の倦怠感の感覚に関する研究

【目的】日本人がん患者が表現する倦怠感の感覚を明らかにし, その特徴を明らかにする. 【方法】入院または通院中の日本人がん患者400名を対象に自由記載による質問紙調査を行い質的分析を行った. 【結果】全237コードから身体的感覚, 精神的感覚, 認知的感覚, 言葉にできない感覚の4コアカテゴリが抽出された. 【考察】身体的感覚は「身体に知覚される不快な感覚,身体機能の低下,身体コントロール感の喪失に特徴づけられる感覚」, 精神的感覚は「心身の活動に対する意欲や気力の低下, 精神的安寧の阻害に特徴づけられる感覚」,認知的感覚は「思考や集中力の低下に特徴づけられる感覚」,言葉にできない感覚は, 他者に理解できるような表現のしにくい感覚」と説明された.日本人がん患者の表現する倦怠感は「エネルギー欠乏に関連した機能状態の低下および不快さに特徴づけられる主観的で多次元的な感覚」と説明でき日本語圏外での先行研究に一致した