Predictors of happiness among Iranian nurses.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to assess happiness and its predictors among a group of Iranian hospital nurses.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was done in 2016 on 620 hospital nurses who worked in five teaching hospitals affiliated to Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran. Nurses were recruited through the census method. Data collection instruments were a researcher-made demographic and occupational characteristics questionnaire, the Oxford Happiness Inventory, and the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire. Data analysis was done through stepwise multiple linear regression analysis.

Results

Among 620 recruited nurses, 422 returned their questionnaires completely filled. The mean of their happiness was 123.4 ± 18.4 in the possible score range of 29-17

SUBMITTER: Khosrojerdi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626217 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature