Purpose: This study is a descriptive correlation study is to see the effects of regional public hospital nurses' job stress on depression and quality of life. The purpose of this study was to analyse the effects of regional public hospital nurses' job...
Purpose: This study is a descriptive correlation study is to see the effects of regional public hospital nurses' job stress on depression and quality of life. The purpose of this study was to analyse the effects of regional public hospital nurses' job stress on depression and quality of life and studied to seek way to prevent depression and improve quality of life. Method: Data was collected between September 7, 2016 to October 7, 2016 , This subjects of the study were nurses from regional public hospital, analyzing 184 questionnaires.
Collected data were analyzed with a SPSS/WIN12.0 program using descriptive statistics, Independent t-test, 1-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and analyzed by hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Results: The analysis results of job stress by general characteristics, there was a significant difference between clinical career(F=2.889, p=.037) and subjective status(F=6.164, p=.001). The analysis results of depression by general characteristics, there was a significant difference between clinical career(F=4.535, p=.004) and subjective status(F=5.006, p=.002), the analysis results of quality of life by general characteristics. The analysis results of quality of life by general characteristics, there was a significant difference between the number of children(F=3.262, p=.023) and subjective status(F=16.316, p=.001). The effects of job stress on depression were correlated with job stress subscale(β=.262, p<.05) and workplace culture(β=.189, p<.05) were significant predictors of depression(F=3.740, p<.001). The more job demands, the more unhealthy work culture, the depression was high. The effects of job stress on quality of life were correlated with the physical environment(β=-.168, p<.05) and lack of job autonomy(β=.149, p<.05) were significant factors for the quality of life(F=8.148, p<.001). In other words, the quality of life was lower when physical environment was not good and lack of job autonomy was high. Conclusion: In their study, The subscales of job stress affecting the depression and quality of life of regional public hospital’s nurses were job demand, work place culture, lack of job autonomy. In other words, the more job demand, the worse workplace culture, the depression was higher, the poor physical environment, the higher lack of job autonomy, the quality of life was lower. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the quality of life through a system that can prevent depression and support environment improvement and job autonomy through a program for creating a workplace culture that respects each other and appropriate job demands of nurses.