THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ERGONOMICS LEVEL, JOB AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN TURKEY
Öz
Risks in work environments are determinants of employees' psychosocial conditions. An ergonomically arranged work environment increases the motivation of employees and positively affects their productivity. In order for healthcare workers to provide quality service, they must be physically, environmentally, socially and cognitively healthy. This study aimed to examine the relationship between workplace ergonomics, job and life satisfaction of healthcare workers in Turkey. This cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study’s sample consisted of 422 healthcare workers. For this research, the Sociodemographic Information Form, Ergonomics Scale, Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale were used as data collection tools. Exactly 48.1% of the healthcare workers were between the ages of 26–35, 64.2% were women, and 41.2% were nurses. The mean of Ergonomics Scale, the Job Satisfaction Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale scores were 2.85 ± 0.65, 2.83 ± 0.76 and 2.33 ± 0.97. A Positive, strong relationship was found between the ergonomics level, job and life satisfaction. The ergonomics level affected job satisfaction, but did not affect life satisfaction. This study has revealed that changes can occur in the work and non-work lives of healthcare workers by controlling the ergonomic risk factors in the work environment.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ergonomics, Healthcare workers, Job satisfaction, Life satisfaction
Etik Beyan
Before the implementation of the study, ethical permission was granted by the ethical board of the institution (approval number: 19/7/2022-300). This study was approved by the ethical review boards at the Adıyaman University Ethics Committee and Adıyaman Training and Research Hospital.
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