Quality of Nurses Work Life among Public and Private Sector Tertiary Care Hospitals of Peshawar (A Comparative Study)

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Abstract Introduction: Among all health care providers, nurses have a significant role to provide Physical, Psychological, Spiritual, and Emotional care to individuals, families, and communities. To make nurses more effective in the workplace it is important to enhance nurse’s quality of work life. The quality of work provided by nurses can be improved by knowing their Physiological, Psychological well-being and involvement at work. Moreover, different Environments and Setups of Public and Private Sectors Hospitals can have positive or negative impact on the quality of nurse’s work-life. The objective of this study was to assess and compare the quality of nurse’s work-life in Public and Private Sector Hospitals. Material and Methods: The research done at Khyber Teaching Hospital and Rehman Medical Institute Peshawar with a cross-sectional study design. From 218 Participants Pretested and Structured Brooks Nurses’ Quality of Work-life questionnaire Brooks was filled. Data entered in SPSS for categorical variables frequency and percentages were done while for continuous variables mean and standard deviation was done. Results: A total of 218 nurses from Rehman Medical Institute and Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar Participated in the Research with a Mean Age of 28.47 and a Standard Deviation of 6.41. Chi Square test was used for association of Quality of Nurses Work Life (QNWL) and Two types of Hospitals. A major portion of the Sample i.e., 80.3% have Moderate Quality of Nurses Work Life, 18.8% have High Quality of Nurses Work Life, while less than 1% of the sample has low Quality of Nurses Work Life. The Mean Quality of Nurses Work Life Score for Public Hospital was 160±15.15 while for the Private Hospital the Mean Quality of Work Life Score was 172.07±20.57 which shows that Private Hospital Nurses had a High Quality of Work Life than Public Sector Nurses. The Overall Mean QNWL Score both for Public and Private Hospital Nurses was 165.23±18.37 with a Minimum Score of 67 and a Maximum Score of 217. Conclusion: The Research concluded Moderate QNWL among Public and Private Sector Nurses. Furthermore, despite inadequate salaries and poor job security Private-Sector Nurses were shown to have a higher QNWL than Public Sector Nurses.