Table 1.
Happiness score and correlations with demographic characteristics and personal factors among Iranian nurses.
| A: Happiness score based on demographic characteristics and personal factors(binary and nominal variables) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Categories | Happiness Score (Mean ± SD) | F or t values | P Value |
| Marital status | Single | 118.7 ± 18.1 | 7.25 a | 0.001 |
| Married | 124.9 ± 18.0 | |||
| Widow | 106.3 ± 27.8 | |||
| Housing type | Private | 124.9 ± 17.8 | 3.30 a | 0.020 |
| Leasing | 122.3 ± 18.6 | |||
| Governmental | 101.5 ± 50.2 | |||
| Belonging to relatives | 116.7 ± 20.1 | |||
| Serious stress during past six months | Yes | 120.8 ± 19.4 | −3.20 b | 0.001 |
| No | 126.5 ± 16.7 | |||
| Current hospital ward | ICU | 122.0 ± 19.1 | 4.92 a | 0.001 |
| Surgical | 123.6 ± 18.2 | |||
| Emergency | 120.6 ± 18.5 | |||
| Pediatrics | 112.1 ± 17.1 | |||
| Operation room | 123.3 ± 18.9 | |||
| Psychiatry | 132.3 ± 14.5 | |||
| Medical | 128.2 ± 17.6 | |||
| Outpatient and clinics | 102.2 ± 3.6 | |||
| Interest In Nursing Profession Now | At All | 103.2 ± 7.4 | 8.08 a | 0.001 |
| Very Little | 121.3 ± 22.5 | |||
| Low | 126.8 ± 13.4 | |||
| Medium | 119.3 ± 17.7 | |||
| Much | 128.4 ± 18.6 | |||
| Work Shift | Morning Shift | 128.0 ± 1.0 | 4.25 a | 0.001 |
| Evening/Night Shift | 136.7 ± 7.7 | |||
| Rotation Shift | 122.4 ± 18.4 | |||
| Quality Of Life | Undesirable | 108.3 ± 16.9 | 34.58 a | 0.001 |
| Semi Desirable | 121.0 ± 17.7 | |||
| Desirable | 134.2 ± 15.2 | |||
| Note: a:F ANOVA; b: t Independent t-test. | ||||
| B: Correlations of happiness score with demographic characteristics and personal factors (Pearson Correlation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variables | r values | P Value |
| Age | 0.103 | 0.035 |
| Number of children | 0.124 | 0.029 |
| Engagement in recreational activities, | 0.457 | 0.001 |
| Satisfaction with physical health | 0.354 | 0.001 |
| Satisfaction with mental health | 0.444 | 0.001 |
| Monthly salary | 0.207 | 0.001 |
| Satisfaction with salary | 0.273 | 0.001 |
| The amount of clinical work experience | 0.111 | 0.024 |
| Satisfaction with staff number in each shift | 0.154 | 0.002 |
| Satisfaction with patients' and family members' feedbacks | 0.169 | 0.001 |
| Satisfaction with the conduct and the performance of physicians | 0139 | 0.004 |
| Satisfaction with the conduct and the performance of colleagues | 0.247 | 0.001 |
| Satisfaction with the conduct and the performance of head-nurse | 0.182 | 0.001 |
| Satisfaction with the conduct and the performance of hospital nursing office authorities | 0.291 | 0.001 |
| Satisfaction with welfare facilities at workplace | 0.306 | 0.001 |
| Job satisfaction | 0.332 | 0.001 |