Quality of Life in Nurses; Case Study of Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Kashan City, Iran

Aims Nurses are the greatest group of healthcare system service providers and lack ofsufficient attentions to their quality of life will lead to the challenge of their service providing.The present study was designed to evaluate the quality of life in all nurses of different wardsof a Hospital in Kashan City, Iran.Instrument & Methods This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried in all nearly 500nurses of Shahid Besheshti Hospital of Kashan City, Iran, in 2015-2016. Sampling was done atall different wards of the hospital and 200 nurses were selected randomly. Data was collectedby the standard version of Quality of Life and Short Form of Heath Survey. The collected datawas entered into the SPSS 16 software and were analyzed using descriptive statistics andindependent T test.Findings There were no significant differences in physical health, mental health,environmental health, social communications and the quality of life according to nurseswards but significant differences were observed between the scores according to theirposition and working shift. There were significant differences in the status of mental andphysical health according to gender (between males and females), marital status (betweensingles and marrieds) and employment status.Conclusion The status of nurses’ quality of life is moderate in Shahid Beheshti Hospital ofKashan and it has relationship with work shift, position and workplace.

Keywords:

Quality of life , Nurses , Hospitals