A Study of Quality of Life on Nurses Working at Medical College of a City in Central India.
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 7
Abstract
Introduction: Quality of life (QOL) has become an important issue in modern world. The present study is a cross sectional study conducted at hospitals associated with Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical college of Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh State of Central India. Objectives: To determine the Quality of Life of nurses as measured by World Health Organization (WHO) Quality of Life Questionnaire (BREF) and to find the association between Quality of life and Demographic variables such as age, gender, level professional qualification and marital status. Material and methods: It is a cross sectional study with a total sample size of 322 nurses from all the included hospitals. WHO BREF tool was used for assessment of Qol, satisfaction with health and demographic variables: age, gender, marital status and education level. A total 26 questions pertaining to quality of life: rating overall quality of life, overall satisfaction with health, and rest questions were grouped into four domains which affect overall QOL: Physical, Psychological, environmental and social relationship domains. Result: Most of the participants (50.9%) rated their quality of life as good and most of them (53.7%) were satisfied with their current health status. The physical health domain scores are significantly related with the sex of respondents, male performing better than female. The overall QOL and social relationship domain shows statistically significant relationship with marital status. Conclusion: The current study supports the conviction of complexity in factors affecting Qol and satisfaction with health. The multidimensional aspect of Qol assessed in this study using WHO BREF revealed that age and gender are not significant factors in contrast to the education level and marital status of participants. However these findings are not same for the domains assessed; further implying intricacy and need of further studies.
Authors and Affiliations
Sanjay Kumar Chourasiya, Saket Kale, Anil Singh Baghel, Arpit Verma
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- EP ID EP528179
- DOI 10.26727/NJRCM.2018.7.4.296-299
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