The Relationship Between Presenteeism and Work-Life Balance in Healthcare Professionals

Abstract

The inability of employees in the health sector to maintain a balance between work and life causes presenteeism behaviors, which increases costs by causing loss of productivity. This study, which aims to determine the relationship between health workers' work-life balance and presenteeism, is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample of the study consisted of 205 health workers working in a public hospital in the province of Istanbul. The population of the study consists of 386 health workers working in the hospital in the relevant period. Due to the large size of the universe and the impossibility of reaching all of them, sampling was used. The number of individuals to be included in the research sample was calculated as at least 189 with a 5% margin of error by using the sampling formula in cases where the number of universes is known. Personal Information Form, YS Presenteeism scale and New Work Life Balance scale were used to collect data. According to the data obtained from the research, it has been determined that there is a negative relationship between work-life balance and presenteeism behavior. According to the results of the t-Test, which was conducted to compare the work-life balance status and the levels of gender, marital status and job liking, a statistically significant difference was found between marital status and job liking. According to the results of the t-Test carried out to determine the differences in the presenteeism behaviors of healthcare professionals according to their demographic characteristics, a statistically significant difference was found in marital status and willingness to work, and no statistically significant difference was found according to the gender variable. In addition, the rate of showing prsenteeism behavior of health workers increases as the duration of work in the profession increases. As a result, it was determined that work-life balance had a 23% effect on presenteeism.

Keywords

• Presenteeism
• work-life balance
• health workers
• health institutions.

SAĞLIK ÇALIŞANLARINDA PRESENTEEİSM VE İŞ YAŞAM DENGESİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Abstract

Sağlık sektöründe çalışanların iş ve yaşamları arasındaki dengeyi sağlayamamaları presenteeism davranışlarına sebep olmakta ve bu da verimlilik kaybına neden olarak maliyetleri artırmaktadır. Sağlık çalışanlarının iş yaşam dengesi ile presenteeism arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amaçlanan bu çalışma tanımlayıcı tipte kesitsel bir araştırmadır. Araştırmanın örneklemini İstanbul ili sınırları içerisindeki bir kamu hastanesinde çalışan 205 sağlık çalışanı oluşturmuştur. Çalışmanın evrenini ilgili dönemde hastanede çalışan 386 sağlık çalışanı oluşturmaktadır. Evrenin geniş olması ve tamamına ulaşmanın imkânsızlığı nedeniyle örnekleme yoluna gidilmiştir. Araştırma örneklemine girecek birey sayısı, evren sayısının bilindiği durumlardaki örnekleme formülü kullanılarak %5 hata payı ile en az 189 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında Kişisel Bilgi Formu, YS Presenteeism ölçeği ve Yeni İş Yaşam Dengesi ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen verilere göre iş yaşam dengesi ile presenteeism davranışı arasında negatif yönlü bir ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir. İş yaşam dengesi durumları ile cinsiyet, medeni durum ve işini sevme durum düzeylerini karşılaştırmak için yapılan t-Testi sonucuna göre medeni durum ve işini sevme durumları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık tespit edilmiştir. Sağlık çalışanlarının presenteeism davranışlarında, demografik özelliklerine göre farklılıkları tespit etmek için gerçekleştirilen t-Testi sonuçlarına göre medeni durum ve işine severek yapma durumlarında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık tespit edilmiş olup cinsiyet değişkenine göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık tespit edilmemiştir. Bununla birlikte sağlık çalışanlarının prsenteeism davranışını gösterme oranı meslekte çalışma süresi arttıkça artmaktadır. Sonuç olarak iş yaşam dengesinin presenteeisme %23 oranında etki ettiği tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

• Presenteeism
• iş yaşam dengesi
• sağlık çalışanları
• sağlık kurumları

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