Descriptive cross-sectional study: Analysis on the profiles, healthy lifestyle behaviors and quality of life of surgical nurses working in a province of Turkey

作者：Cam Rahsan^*; Korkmaz Fatma Demir; Ozsaker Esma; Demirkiran Ahmet Ender

来源：Healthmed, 2012, 6(12): 4217-4227.

• Nursing
• profile
• quality of life
• healthy behaviour
• Turkey

Introduction: Operating room nurses, working in their own isolated world of sterility, hightech equipment are exposed to biologic, chemical, physical, psychological and ergonomic hazards. However studies conducted in the perioperative field have focused mostly on patients%26apos; health and safety and only a few studies have focused on operating room nurses%26apos; health behaviours. %26lt;br%26gt;Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the profiles, healthy lifestyle behaviours (HLB) and quality of life (QoL), and the correlation between the HLB and QoL of all surgical nurses working in a province of Turkey. %26lt;br%26gt;Design: This study was conducted with a descriptive and cross-sectional design. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: The study was conducted in operating rooms of hospitals in the province of Izmir at the west of Turkey. 206 nurses who was working in operating rooms in the province of Izmir were included in the study. Study data were collected through a questionnaire. The questionnaire was composed of three parts: a sociodemographic data form, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours Inventory (HLBI), and MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF 36). %26lt;br%26gt;Results: It was determined that the global qualities of life mean score of surgical nurses was 66.10 (SD 14.56) while their general mean score of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours Inventory was 125.37 (SD 18.41). %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusion: Quality of life and healthy lifestyle behaviours of the surgical nurses were found at the average levels. A significant relationship was found between gender and job satisfaction and the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours Inventory and Quality of Life scores. There is a need to evaluate the causes of why operating room nurses%26apos; qualities of life and healthy lifestyle behaviours were not as high as expected. Hospital administrators need to keep in mind that improving nurses%26apos; health and fitness may decrease medical and disability cost, reduce absenteeism, improve job satisfaction, and increase productivity.

• 出版日期2012