Seyed Abolfazl Zakerian, Marzieh Abbasinia, Farugh Mohammadian, Asad Fathi, Abdolrasoul Rahmani, Iman Ahmadnezhad, Mehdi Asghari,
Volume 1, Issue 1 (Journal of Ergonomics 2013)
Abstract
Introduction: While great efforts have been made to determine the quality of life in
hospital staffs, few studies have been conducted to identify the effective
factors on the quality of life of these employees. The purpose of the present
study was to investigate the relationship between workload and quality of life
in hospital personnel.
Material and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 200 staffs were selected randomly
from two large hospitals of Tehran University of medical sciences (Imam
Khomeini and Shariati hospitals). The data collecting tools were three
questionnaires including demographic characteristics,
quality of life (SF-36), and NASA-TLX workload. SPSS software (version 18.0)
was used to analyze the data by descriptive statistics, and Pearson and
Spearman correlation tests.
Results: Based on the
findings of the study, the mean total scores of the quality of life and the
workload were 50±18 and 69.7±13.9, respectively. The results revealed
significant reduction in all dimensions of quality of life in nurses compared
with laboratory and operating room staffs. Meanwhile the nurses’ workload
scores were higher than the two aforementioned groups (p = 0.001). Moreover,
there was a significant inverse relationship between workload and quality of
life in hospital staffs (P=0.004, r = -.306).
Conclusion: The
results of this study highlight the role of managers and supervisors in the
implementation of efficient interventions for improving the quality of life and
workload. Therefore, further researches are required to identify other factors
that affect the quality of life and workload in hospital staffs.
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S.abolfazl Zakerian, Gholam Teymouri, Iman Ahmadnejad, Marziyeh Abbasinia, Abdorasoul Rahmani, Mahdi Asghari,
Volume 1, Issue 3 (Journal of Ergonomics 2014)
Abstract
Introduction: The present study was aimed to investigate the dimensions of quality of work life and its relation to job satisfaction among workers of automotive industry.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 150 workers of an automotive industry in Tehran city were chosen by simple random sampling method. Three questionnaires of demographic characteristics, quality of work life and job satisfaction were employed as data collecting tools. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation and regression tests were used.
Results: About 6% of participants evaluated their workload as light, 11.3% as moderate, 60.7% as heavy, and 22% as very heavy. The average of job satisfaction was 55.94± 13.45. 15.3% of subjects had low job satisfaction, 68.7% moderate and 16% reported high job satisfaction. There was a positive and significant relation between quality of work life and job satisfaction (p = 0.001). Meanwhile, general health condition had the highest effect on job satisfaction.
Conclusion: In general, there was a positive and significant relation between the quality of work life and job satisfaction, so that the higher the quality of work life, the higher the job satisfaction of workers. The results also emphasize the role and impact of managers and supervisors for effective interventions to improve quality of work life and job satisfaction. Therefore, further studies are proposed for the identification of other effective factors on the quality of work life and job satisfaction.
