Survey of the Quality of working life and its associations with the perceived productivity of nurses in meyandoab hospitals in 2019

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Abstract Background and objective: Nurses productivity is a worthy goal of organizations tending to grow. Improving nurse’ QWL is a prerequisite to increase their productivity. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between quality of work life (QWL) and productivity among nursing staff of hospitals of Miandoab. Methods: This corrollation study was performed on 300 nurses in Miandoab hospitals in 2019. The samples were selected using simple random sampling method. Data were collected using of Mossadegh Rad's quality of work life questionnaire and Dehghan Nayeryand’s productivity questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Croscal Walis, Mann-Whitney, and Pearson correlation coefficients using spss-22 software. Results: The total score of nurses' quality of work life was 2.31. All daimension of quality of life scored lower than average. The mean overall score of nurses' productivity was 3.92. Except for the availability, all dimensions of productivity had a high score. There was no significant correlation between the total score of quality of work life and the total score of nurses' productivity. Conclusion: Although the quality of work life of nurses in the studied hospitals is low, they have a relatively high level of productivity. Therefore, it can be concluded that in addition to the quality of working life, other factors also affect job productivity. Keywords: quality of work life, productivity, nurses, hospital