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 Volume 12, Issue 4 (April 2025), Pages: 225-231

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 Original Research Paper

Factors affecting the quality of nursing work life in the Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia

 Author(s): 

 Wdad Alanazy 1, *, Eshraq Aljohany 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, Saudi Arabia
 2General Medical Authority, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

   Corresponding author's ORCID profile:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4728-4851

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  https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2025.04.024

 Abstract

Nurses with a higher quality of work life (QWL) demonstrate greater productivity, increased job satisfaction, and lower turnover rates. This study examines the factors influencing the quality of nursing work life (QNWL) in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among 380 nurses in selected tertiary care hospitals using a non-probability convenience sampling method. Data were collected using Brooks’ Quality of Nursing Work Life Questionnaire. The findings indicate a moderate level of QNWL, with a mean score of 3.295±0.451. Significant variations were observed based on gender (2.309, p>.001), age (4.876, p<.001), education level (2.740, p>.001), monthly income (4.855, p<.001), and marital status (2.432, p=0.06). These results suggest that the quality of nursing work life in the selected hospitals is moderate, underscoring the need for targeted interventions to enhance nurses' working conditions.

 © 2025 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Nursing work life, Job satisfaction, Productivity, Tertiary hospitals, Work conditions

 Article history

 Received 22 October 2024, Received in revised form 21 April 2025, Accepted 27 April 2025

 Acknowledgment

The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research at Majmaah University for funding this research work through project number R-2024-1427. We appreciate the hospital administration allowing us to conduct the study. We express our gratitude to everybody who took part.

  Compliance with ethical standards

  Ethical considerations

Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at King Fahad Medical City, under the exempt category (IRB No. 23-536C). Permission to distribute the online survey among nurses was also granted by the relevant hospitals. In addition, written informed consent was collected from all participants. Anonymity was ensured by using a data collection ID assigned by the researcher. Participants could choose whether or not to provide their names. They were asked not to include any personal identifiers, such as identity numbers, phone numbers, or file numbers. The study followed data protection principles. All data were handled, analyzed, and reported in group form. For security, the data were stored in a locked cabinet accessible only to the researcher.

  Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alanazy W and Aljohany E (2025). Factors affecting the quality of nursing work life in the Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 12(4): 225-231

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