The Work-Family Conflict Association with Quality of Life among Midwives in Hospitals and Health Care Centers in Ahvaz City

Midwives as one of the main groups providing health care and because of their stressful job they are in the exposure of burnout and the consequences of workfamily conflict. This would impact on their quality of life. This study was performed to evaluate the relation of quality of life and work-family conflict among midwives in Ahvaz, Iran. This cross-sectional study was performed in 2014-2015 at health centers in Ahvaz.
The data was collected through a demographic, workfamily conflict and quality of life questionnaires. 261 midwives that was the total numbers of midwifes in Ahvaz, filled out three questionnaires. Results showed that 229 midwives completed questionnaires.
Findings: There was a negative significant correlation between quality of life and work-family conflict (pDiscussion & According to the findings of this research, it seems that educational courses for health workers, particularly midwives are necessary.