Organizational Commitment of Nurses Working in Special Care Units for Covid-19 in Baqiyatallah Hospital: A Cross-sectional Study

During the covid-19 pandemic, the need for health care services increased dramatically. In this situation, the care delivery time is extremely important. About three to five percent of covid-19 patients need intensive care. Organizational commitment is one of the most important predictors of the quality of care. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the organizational commitment of nurses working in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) during the covid-19.

This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted during 2022 in Baqiyatallah Hospital. Allen and Mayer's (including affective, normative and continuous domains) and Balfour and Wechsler (including attachment, exchange and identification domains) organizational commitment questionnaires were used. Using the random sampling method, totally 210 nurses who were working in inte ICUs were asked to fill the questionairs.

The mean scores for Allen and Mayer and Balfour questionares were 67.87 ± 13.04 and 25.95 ± 4.05, repectively. There was a significant correlation between the scores of Allen and Mayer and Balfour (r = 0.65, P = 0.00). In addition, the multivariate linear regression analysis showed non- significant correlation between the scores of Allen and Mayer and Balfour questionares.

Considering that better and more comprehensive care needs higher organizational commitment, it is necessary for nursing managers to pay special attention to the organizational commitment for increasing the quality of care.