Quality of Work Life of Tambon Health Promoting Hospitals Personnel, Samut Songkhram Province

Abstract

This survey research was to study administrative and environmental factors, and quality of work life of tambon health promoting hospitals (THPH) personnel, compare individual factors and quality of work life. Moreover, it also aimed to study relationship between administrative factors, environmental factors and quality of work life of THPH personel, Samut Songkhram Province. Besides, it required to seek suggestions regarding to quality of work life creation for THPH personnel. Sample group was 130 health personnel working at THPH in Samut Songkhram Province. Data collecting was implemented during January – March 2018 and analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics including t-test, Analysis of variance, and Pearson’s product moment correlation. The results showed as follows:

Administrative factor was at moderate level, and environmental factor was at high level.  Working life quality of health personnel was at high level. Comparison of individual factors and working life quality discovered that sex, age, marital status, educational level, income, position, and work experience at current THPH had no statistically significant difference (P-value > 0.05). Administrative factors had positive statistically significant correlation (P-value < 0.01) at high level (r = 0.73) with quality of work life of health personnel. Administrative factors; management and job aspect had positive statistically significant correlation (P-value < 0.01) at moderate level (r = 0.66 and 0.54), respectively. Environmental factors had positive statistically significant correlation (P-value < 0.01) at high level (r = 0.75) with quality of work life of health personnel. Environmental factors; place, person, working system and organizational culture aspect had positive statistically significant correlation (P-value < 0.01) at moderate level (r = 0.52, 0.68, 0.69 and 0.60), respectively. Quality of Work life  creation for health personnel at THPH, there should be better improve or create environment at THPH, increase / equalize manpower to appropriate, and should be provide training / encouraging staff to increase their knowledge of work.

According to the study’s results, there should be develop a better quality of life, and Improve administrative, and environmental factors at THPH to improvement.