1. Work-Life Balance among Teaching Hospital Nurses in Malaysia
- Author
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Sachiko Makabe, Yanika Kowitlawakul, Farah Ilyani Che Jamaludin, Hairil Fahmi Mohd Yusof, Khin Thandar Aung, and Mohd. Said Nurumal
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Enthusiasm ,030504 nursing ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Work–life balance ,Workload ,General Medicine ,Organizational commitment ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Balance (accounting) ,Nursing ,Medicine ,Job satisfaction ,Quality (business) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,0305 other medical science ,business ,media_common - Abstract
Extreme workload and poor working environment have a negative impact on the emotional and physical statuses among nurses. The study has contributed to evaluate work-life balance and its related factors among teaching hospital nurses. It was aimed to examine the work-life balance and its related factors among teaching hospital nurses. A cross-sectional study using a universal sampling technique was conducted. 1002 nurses were included from the Teaching hospital of Klang Valley, Malaysia. The instrument was adapted from NIOSH Generic Job Stress Questionnaire and QoL questionnaire from WHO, and it was used to measure the quality of work-life balance. Non-work activities, job requirement, supervisor support, job satisfaction, manageability, social and environmental variables have independently influenced work-life balance among nurses. Furthermore, quality of life variables has positively influenced the work-life balance (P
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- 2017