Effect Of Emotional Labor Levels of Nurses on Their Attitudes of Elderly Care

Year 2024, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 128 - 136, 20.03.2024

Mehmet Emin Şanlı , Müjde Kerkez

https://doi.org/10.53424/balikesirsbd.1347404

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to investigate the impact of emotional labor levels on nurses' attitudes towards elderly care. Material and Methods: The research was planned in analytical-sectional type. The population of the research was composed of 309 nurses, 204 female (66%) and 105 male (34%) who work in a training and research hospital of Turkey. The data of the research was collected by utilizing Sociodemographic Form, Emotional Labor Behaviors Scale for Nurses (ELS) and Kogan Aged Attitudes Scale (ATE). Results: In this study, the mean scores of ELS and ATE are 3.77±0.62 and 97.20±12.48 respectively. In the correlation analysis between total scores of ELS and ATE, a statistically significant positive relation was found (r=0.320, p<0.001). It was established that attitudes towards the ATE has a positive effect on ELS. The effect of the characteristics depending on the qualitative data on the ATE was determined, and R=0.405 was found as Adj.R2= 0.118, and it was found out that ELS has a positive effect on ATE. Conclusion: In the study, it was determined that socio-demographic factors and emotional labor behavior levels of nurses affected their attitudes of elderly care by 11.8%.
Keywords: Elderly Care, Emotional Labor, Nursing.

Keywords

Elderly care, emotional labor, nursing.

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