The Relationship between Socio-Demographic Characteristics and WorkFamily Conflict among Staff Nurses at Ismailia General Hospital

doi:10.21608/tnhcj.2021.247522

The Relationship between Socio-Demographic Characteristics and WorkFamily Conflict among Staff Nurses at Ismailia General Hospital

Document Type : Original Article

10.21608/tnhcj.2021.247522

Abstract

Background: Nurses expose to a variety of job and family demands causing work family conflict. It is
the overlapping of home and work roles that may lead to interface in the roles at home, or cause
problems at work. These conflicts can occurs as a result of factors related to work domain including
hours worked, frequency/amount of overtime, or factors related to family domain including marital
status, or family caring responsibilities. Hence, the role of socio-demographic characteristics is resided.
Aim of the study: assess the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and work-family
conflict among staff nurses at Ismailia General Hospital. Material and methods: a descriptive
correlational design was conducted on all staff nurses (270) using a questionnaires assessing their
socio-demographic characteristics and work-family conflict at all departments and units in Ismailia
General Hospital. Results: staff nurses scored moderate level of work-family conflict, and 84.8 percent
of them were female, caring for children and elderly in the family, with one to eleven years of
experience and caring for five to eight patients. There is no statistically significant difference among total
work-family conflicts scores of staff nurses in relation to their socio-demographic except working shift
and number of patients. Conclusion: totally all socio-demographic characteristics cause no significant
difference with work-family conflict except working late shift and fife to eight patients for nurse which
is the highest applicable patient/nurse ratio as a nursing assignment for the shift. Recommendations:
All staff nurses should be started training programs on stress and time management techniques to help
in manage work family conflict with its two directions.

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