Workplace System Factors of Obstetric Nurses in Northeastern Ontario, Canada: Using a Work Disability Prevention Approach
Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship nursing personal and workplace system factors (work disability) and work ability index scores in Ontario, Canada. Methods: A total of 111 registered nurses were randomly selected from the total number of registered nurses on staff...
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| author | Behdin Nowrouzi Nancy Lightfoot Lorraine Carter Michel Larivère Ellen Rukholm Diane Belanger-Gardner |
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| description | Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship nursing personal and workplace system factors (work disability) and work ability index scores in Ontario, Canada.
Methods: A total of 111 registered nurses were randomly selected from the total number of registered nurses on staff in the labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum areas of four northeastern Ontario hospitals. Using a stratified random design approach, 51 participants were randomly selected in four northeastern Ontario cities.
Results: A total of 51 (45.9% response rate) online questionnaires were returned and another 60 (54.1% response rate) were completed using the paper format. The obstetric workforce in northeastern Ontario was predominately female (94.6%) with a mean age of 41.9 (standard deviation = 10.2). In the personal systems model, three variables: marital status (p = 0.025), respondent ethnicity (p = 0.026), and mean number of patients per shift (p = 0.049) were significantly contributed to the variance in work ability scores. In the workplace system model, job and career satisfaction (p = 0.026) had a positive influence on work ability scores, while work absenteeism (p = 0.023) demonstrated an inverse relationship with work ability scores. In the combined model, all the predictors were significantly related to work ability scores.
Conclusion: Work ability is closely related to job and career satisfaction, and perceived control at work among obstetric nursing. In order to improve work ability, nurses need to work in environments that support them and allow them to be engaged in the decision-making processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88d9bd1db0284171ab4e8c9246c13d902023-09-02T19:41:46ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112015-12-016430531110.1016/j.shaw.2015.07.004Workplace System Factors of Obstetric Nurses in Northeastern Ontario, Canada: Using a Work Disability Prevention ApproachBehdin Nowrouzi0Nancy Lightfoot1Lorraine Carter2Michel Larivère3Ellen Rukholm4Diane Belanger-Gardner5Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, CanadaSchools of Rural and Northern Health, Social Work, and Human Sciences Division, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, CanadaCentre for Continuing Education McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaSchool of Human Kinetics and Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, CanadaCentre for Rural and Northern and Health Research, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, CanadaHealth Sciences North, Sudbury, ON, CanadaBackground: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship nursing personal and workplace system factors (work disability) and work ability index scores in Ontario, Canada. Methods: A total of 111 registered nurses were randomly selected from the total number of registered nurses on staff in the labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum areas of four northeastern Ontario hospitals. Using a stratified random design approach, 51 participants were randomly selected in four northeastern Ontario cities. Results: A total of 51 (45.9% response rate) online questionnaires were returned and another 60 (54.1% response rate) were completed using the paper format. The obstetric workforce in northeastern Ontario was predominately female (94.6%) with a mean age of 41.9 (standard deviation = 10.2). In the personal systems model, three variables: marital status (p = 0.025), respondent ethnicity (p = 0.026), and mean number of patients per shift (p = 0.049) were significantly contributed to the variance in work ability scores. In the workplace system model, job and career satisfaction (p = 0.026) had a positive influence on work ability scores, while work absenteeism (p = 0.023) demonstrated an inverse relationship with work ability scores. In the combined model, all the predictors were significantly related to work ability scores. Conclusion: Work ability is closely related to job and career satisfaction, and perceived control at work among obstetric nursing. In order to improve work ability, nurses need to work in environments that support them and allow them to be engaged in the decision-making processes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791115000608job and career satisfactionnursesobstetricswork absenteeismworkplace disability |
| spellingShingle | Behdin Nowrouzi Nancy Lightfoot Lorraine Carter Michel Larivère Ellen Rukholm Diane Belanger-Gardner Workplace System Factors of Obstetric Nurses in Northeastern Ontario, Canada: Using a Work Disability Prevention Approach Safety and Health at Work job and career satisfaction nurses obstetrics work absenteeism workplace disability |
| title | Workplace System Factors of Obstetric Nurses in Northeastern Ontario, Canada: Using a Work Disability Prevention Approach |
| title_full | Workplace System Factors of Obstetric Nurses in Northeastern Ontario, Canada: Using a Work Disability Prevention Approach |
| title_fullStr | Workplace System Factors of Obstetric Nurses in Northeastern Ontario, Canada: Using a Work Disability Prevention Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Workplace System Factors of Obstetric Nurses in Northeastern Ontario, Canada: Using a Work Disability Prevention Approach |
| title_short | Workplace System Factors of Obstetric Nurses in Northeastern Ontario, Canada: Using a Work Disability Prevention Approach |
| title_sort | workplace system factors of obstetric nurses in northeastern ontario canada using a work disability prevention approach |
| topic | job and career satisfaction nurses obstetrics work absenteeism workplace disability |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791115000608 |
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