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Relationship between quality of professional life and organizational commitment in intensive care unit nurses


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The mean score of quality of professional life and its dimensions in nurses of ICUs.

Variable M ± SD Min Max
Fair compensation 5.480 ± 1.840 3 12
Safe environment 6.450 ± 2.130 2 13
Opportunity for growth 6.440 ± 2.380 1 13
Constitutionalism in the organization 8.420 ± 3.220 1 17
Social relevance 6.700 ± 2.290 3 12
Total life space 6.720 ± 1.850 3 11
Integration in the organization 9.360 ± 2.960 4 16
Development of human capabilities 9.390 ± 3.150 4 20
The total score of quality of professional life (sum of all the following factors) 58.990 ± 14.420 27 101

The mean score of organizational commitment and its dimensions in nurses of ICUs.

Variable M ± SD Min Max
Affective commitment 31.270 ± 7.900 11 56
Continuance commitment 32.370 ± 4.600 17 47
Normative commitment 30.190 ± 6.600 14 50
Organizational commitment (the sum of the three-dimensional scores) 93.840 ± 13.900 60 139

The relationship between quality of professional life and organizational commitment in nurses of ICUs (the Pearson test).

Items Quality of professional life Organizational commitment
r 1 0.392
P <0.001

Frequency percentage of demographic variables and their relationship with quality of professional life and organizational commitment.

Demographic factor Percent (%) P value

Quality of professional life Organizational commitment
Gender 0.963 0.501
  Female 76.9
  Male 23.1
Level of education 0.229 0.097
  Bachelor 88.2
  Master + Master's student 11.3
  PhD + PhD student 0.5
Type of unit 0.035 0.063
  Internal ICU 18.6
  Surgical ICU 17.6
  Neurosurgery ICU 21.7
  Emergency ICU 7.2
  Cardiac surgery ICU 11.8
  ICU general 17.2
  ICU central 5.9
Number of shifts per week 0.409 0.629
  5 and 6 14.1
  7 36.2
  8 35.7
  9 14
Type of employment 0.650 0.264
  Official 28.5
  Contractual 11.3
  Conventional 14.5
  Company 17.6
  Projective 28.1
Marital status 0.426 0.599
  Married 52
  Single 48
Number of children 0.153 0.125
  0 71
  1 21.7
  2 7.2
Type of residence 0.390 0.269
  Personal 42.1
  Tenant 49.3
  Dorm 8.6
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English
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Journal Subjects:
Medicine, Assistive Professions, Nursing