Evaluation of Work-family Conflict, Resilience, and Leaving the Job of Nurses Working in Birjand Military Hospital during COVID-19 Epidemic

The coronavirus pandemic has become a source of concern for healthcare providers, particularly nurses. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the workload of nurses has increased, resulting in work-family conflict, reduced resilience, and ultimately the resignation of nurses. The present study aimed to determine the levels of work-family conflict, resignation, and resilience among nurses.

This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from 2021 to 2022 with a sample of 90 nurses working in a military hospital in Birjand, Iran. The nurses were selected based on census data and inclusion criteria. The data collection tools included the demographic information questionnaire, Carlson work-family conflict questionnaire, Kim's resignation and Connor-Davidson resilience questionnaires. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software (version 21) and mean, standard deviation, relative and absolute frequency distribution, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann-Whitney, and Spearman correlation tests.

More than half of the participants were male (53.3%), and the majority were married (87.8%). The mean score for work-family conflict was 41.22 ± 9.14 (moderate to low), resignation 38.86 ± 11.2 (moderate), and resilience 74.7 ± 12.02 (high). The results of the Mann-Whitney U test showed that the rate of leaving the service in males, single people, and suburban people was higher, and resilience rate in the males, people living in the city, and older people was higher.

During the coronavirus outbreak, the nurses working in this hospital experienced moderate levels of work-family conflict and high levels of resilience. These findings can serve as a foundation for future research and the development of educational workshops in this area.