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KMID : 1004620180240020170
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Clinical Nursing Research
2018 Volume.24 No. 2 p.170 ~ p.177
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Comparison of Work-Life Balance, Fatigue and Work Errors between 8-Hour Shift Nurses and 12-Hour Shift Nurses in Hospital General Wards
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Shin Yeon-Hee
Choi Eun-Young
Kim Eun-Hui
Kim Yeon-Keum
Im Young-Sook
Seo Sang-Soon
Kim Kyung-Soon
Kim Yeong-Jung
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Abstract
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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 x2 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.
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KEYWORD
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Shift Work Schedule, Work-Life Balance, Fatigue, Patient Care Errors
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