The Impact of Family-Centered Educational-Support Program on Work-Family Conflicts of Female Nurses in the City of Zabol in 2017

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1 Associate Prof, Dept of Community Health Nursing and Management Nursing, School of Nursing, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.

2 MSc in Community Health Nursing, Dept of Community Health Nursing and Management Nursing, School of Nursing, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.

3 Assistant Prof. Dept of mental & aging nursing faculty of nursing. Social development and health promotion research center Gonabad University of Medical Science, Gonabad, Iran.

4 MSc in Biostatistics, Dept of Research and Technology, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: The work-family conflict in considered as an inter-role conflict to which lack of support from family members and traditional work division are two important contributing factors. This study aims to determine the impact of a family-centered educational-support program on the work-family conflict of female nurses in the city of Zabol in 2017.
Materials and Methods: This research is semi-experimental. The statistical sample included 50 couples selected among the female nurses working in two hospitals of Zabol in 2017 through the multi-stage sampling. They were divided into two groups of control and test (25 partners per each group). Questionnaires were reused in both groups after completion of the Calrson work-family conflict questionnaire and an eight-session course of the family management training in the test group (one and a half hour every three days, within one month). Data were analyzed in SPSS software version 20 using the independent two-sample t-test and Mann-Whitney U.   
Results: There was no significant difference between the work-family conflictscore before the intervention in the test group (63.36) and the control group (61.40) (p=0.382); but it was significantly lower after the intervention in the test group (56.31) (p=0.005).
Conclusion: It seems that the family roles management trainings can reduce the work-family conflict. Therefore, this intervention is recommended as an effective program for reducing the work-family conflict of couples.  

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