Relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses working in a public hospital: A cross‐sectional study

Aim and objective: To describe relations among health, job satisfaction, work en‐ gagement and job features in Spanish nurses working in a public hospital. Background: It has been established that nursing staff health affects the quality of their work and is associated with job satisfaction, work en...

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Autores: González‐Gancedo, Jacob, Fernández Martínez, María Elena, Rodríguez‐Borrego, María Aurora
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
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Palabra clave:Enfermería
health status, job features, job satisfaction, nursing, work engagement
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spelling Relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses working in a public hospital: A cross‐sectional studyGonzález‐Gancedo, JacobFernández Martínez, María ElenaRodríguez‐Borrego, María AuroraEnfermeríahealth status, job features, job satisfaction, nursing, work engagementAim and objective: To describe relations among health, job satisfaction, work en‐ gagement and job features in Spanish nurses working in a public hospital. Background: It has been established that nursing staff health affects the quality of their work and is associated with job satisfaction, work engagement and different job features. Understanding the relationships among these variables could provide use‐ ful information to improve staff performance and prevent work‐related illnesses. Design: A descriptive, cross‐sectional, correlational and comparative study was per‐ formed between January–April 2016. This research adheres to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guideline. Methods: A total of 926 nurses were requested to complete an online questionnaire. Nurses on sick leave or in period of unpaid leave during data collection were ex‐ cluded. The final study population reached 392 nurses. The online survey was fully completed by 373 nurses. General health, job satisfaction and work engagement were measured. Tools used were as follows: sociodemographic questions, the General Health Questionnaire, the Overall Job Satisfaction Scale and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Results: Significant correlations among general health, job satisfaction and work en‐ gagement were found. Specifically, general health levels were negatively correlated with job satisfaction and work engagement subscales. Job features with influence on these constructs were the type of shift, type of contract, type of service, salary, type of continuous formation and having a specialty/profile. Conclusions: Our results indicate that job‐related features affect job satisfaction, general health and work engagement. The organisation should make interventions over these features to increase job satisfaction and work engagement levels, since they are relevant for nursing staff health and patient security. Relevance to clinical practice: The analysis of the relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses could offer a basis to design preventive programmes to improve staff performance and prevent work‐re‐ lated illnesses.SIWileyEnfermeriaFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10612/17491reponame:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Leóninstname:Universidad Rey Juan CarlosIngléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/174912026-06-24T12:43:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses working in a public hospital: A cross‐sectional study
title Relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses working in a public hospital: A cross‐sectional study
spellingShingle Relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses working in a public hospital: A cross‐sectional study
González‐Gancedo, Jacob
Enfermería
health status, job features, job satisfaction, nursing, work engagement
title_short Relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses working in a public hospital: A cross‐sectional study
title_full Relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses working in a public hospital: A cross‐sectional study
title_fullStr Relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses working in a public hospital: A cross‐sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses working in a public hospital: A cross‐sectional study
title_sort Relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses working in a public hospital: A cross‐sectional study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González‐Gancedo, Jacob
Fernández Martínez, María Elena
Rodríguez‐Borrego, María Aurora
author González‐Gancedo, Jacob
author_facet González‐Gancedo, Jacob
Fernández Martínez, María Elena
Rodríguez‐Borrego, María Aurora
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author2 Fernández Martínez, María Elena
Rodríguez‐Borrego, María Aurora
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Enfermeria
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Enfermería
health status, job features, job satisfaction, nursing, work engagement
topic Enfermería
health status, job features, job satisfaction, nursing, work engagement
description Aim and objective: To describe relations among health, job satisfaction, work en‐ gagement and job features in Spanish nurses working in a public hospital. Background: It has been established that nursing staff health affects the quality of their work and is associated with job satisfaction, work engagement and different job features. Understanding the relationships among these variables could provide use‐ ful information to improve staff performance and prevent work‐related illnesses. Design: A descriptive, cross‐sectional, correlational and comparative study was per‐ formed between January–April 2016. This research adheres to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guideline. Methods: A total of 926 nurses were requested to complete an online questionnaire. Nurses on sick leave or in period of unpaid leave during data collection were ex‐ cluded. The final study population reached 392 nurses. The online survey was fully completed by 373 nurses. General health, job satisfaction and work engagement were measured. Tools used were as follows: sociodemographic questions, the General Health Questionnaire, the Overall Job Satisfaction Scale and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Results: Significant correlations among general health, job satisfaction and work en‐ gagement were found. Specifically, general health levels were negatively correlated with job satisfaction and work engagement subscales. Job features with influence on these constructs were the type of shift, type of contract, type of service, salary, type of continuous formation and having a specialty/profile. Conclusions: Our results indicate that job‐related features affect job satisfaction, general health and work engagement. The organisation should make interventions over these features to increase job satisfaction and work engagement levels, since they are relevant for nursing staff health and patient security. Relevance to clinical practice: The analysis of the relationships among general health, job satisfaction, work engagement and job features in nurses could offer a basis to design preventive programmes to improve staff performance and prevent work‐re‐ lated illnesses.
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