Analysis on status quo,influencing factors and correlation with personality characteristics of nurses'work engagement
Objective To understand the current situation and influencing factors of nurses'work engagement,analyze the correlation between nurses'work engagement and personality characteristics,and provide references for nursing management.Methods From October to December 2021,335 nurses in the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College were investigated by using the Chinese version of Utrecht work engagement scale and the Chinese version of big five personality scale.And the data were analyzed.Results The total score of 335 nurses'work engagement was(61.33±17.27)points,which was at the medium level.The scores of each dimension of nurses'big five personality characteristics from low to high were neuroticism,openness,extroversion,agreeableness and rigor.There were statistically significant differences of work engagement among nurses with different gender,working years,education background,professional title,employment type,monthly income,and departments(all P<0.05).The total score of nurses'work engagement was significantly positively correlated with the extraversion,openness,agreeableness,and preciseness of the big five personality(r=0.557,0.414,0.228,0.502,all P<0.01),and significantly negatively correlated with the neuroticism dimension of the big five personality(r=-0.483,P<0.01).After controlling for demographic variables,the big five personality characteristics could independently explain 31.9%,39.1%,24.6%and 35.9%of the variation in each dimension and total score of nurses'work engagement.Conclusion Nursing managers can take targeted measures according to the influencing factors of nurses'work engagement and the predictive role of big five personality characteristics to improve the level of nurses'work engagement.