Correlation between Quality of Life and Health Promoting Behaviors among Hospital Staff Nurses

Han, Kuem Sun; Kim, Jeong Hwa; Lee, Kwang Mi; Park, Ji Sun

doi:2004.13.4.430

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs > Volume 13(4); 2004 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2004;13(4):430-437.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2004.13.4.430 Published online December 31, 2004.

Correlation between Quality of Life and Health Promoting Behaviors among Hospital Staff Nurses

Kuem Sun Han¹, Jeong Hwa Kim², Kwang Mi Lee², Ji Sun Park³

¹Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Korea University
²Head Nurse, National Cancer Center, Korea, 3) Graduate Student. College of Nursing, Korea University

Correspondence: Kuem Sun Han, Tel: +82-2-3290-4919,
Email: hhun@korea.ac.kr

Received: 22 September 2004 • Accepted: 30 November 2004

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship quality of life and health promoting behavior among hospital staff nurses.
Methods
Data were collected by questionnaires from 249 hospital staff nurses in General Hospital. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression.
Results
The score of quality of life showed significantly positive correlation with the score of health promoting behavior, social support, coping behavior, and hardiness. The quality of life showed significantly negative correlation with the score of burnout. The most powerful predictor of quality of life was burnout and the variance explained was 15%. A combination of burnout, health promoting behavior, coping behavior, self efficacy, and hardiness account for 33% of the variance in quality of life among hospital staff nurses.
Conclusion
This study suggest that burnout, health promoting behavior, coping behavior, self efficacy, hardiness, and social support are significantly influencing factors on quality of life among hospital staff nurses.

Key Words: Nurse; Health promoting behavior; Quality of life