Comparison of Work-Life Balance, Fatigue and Work Errors between 8-Hour Shift Nurses and 12-Hour Shift Nurses in Hospital General Wards
10.22650/JKCNR.2018.24.2.170
- Author:
Yeon Hee SHIN
1
;
Eun Young CHOI
;
Eun Hui KIM
;
Yeon Keum KIM
;
Young Sook IM
;
Sang Soon SEO
;
Kyung Soon KIM
;
Young Jung KIM
Author Information
1. Director, Department of Nursing, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Shift Work Schedule;
Work-Life Balance;
Fatigue;
Patient Care Errors
- MeSH:
Fatigue;
Methods;
Patients' Rooms;
Propensity Score
- From:
Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
2018;24(2):170-177
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to examine effectiveness of 12-hour shifts for nurses compared to 8-hour shifts for the variables: Work-Life Balance, fatigue and work errors. METHODS: In 2014, an opportunity to choose a 12-hour shift duty was given to a group of 8-hour shift nurses. In 2016, two years after this change, this study was done to compare the two groups. Data were collected using questionnaires. Data were sampled by a matching method with propensity score matching (PSM). The participants were 128 nurses: 64 nurses on 12-hour shifts and 64 nurses on 8-hour shifts. The comparison was analyzed using χ2 test, t-test. RESULTS: The nurses on 12-hour shifts showed higher scores for Work-Life Balance (3.37) than the groups on 8-hour shifts (2.99)(p=.018) whereas were no statistical differences between the groups for fatigue (p=.132) or work errors (p=.703). CONCLUSION: The Work-Life Balance scores for nurses who chose the 12-hour shift shows an enhancement without an increase in fatigue or work errors.
