Comparison of Work-Family Conflict Between Medical and Non-medical Staff Groups in Hospitals Affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences

• Main Authors: Hossein Dargahi, Mobarake Alipanah, Pedram Nourizadeh Tehrani
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Qazvin University of Medical Sciences & Health Services 2019-06-01
• Series: The Journal of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
• Subjects: family conflict; hospital medical staff; conflict
• Online Access: http://journal.qums.ac.ir/article-1-2640-en.html
• ISSN: 1561-3666; 2228-7213

Background Work-family conflict is a kind of role conflict created by incompatible pressures from family and work roles. Objective This study aimed to determine work-family conflict between medical and non-medical staffs in hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Methods This research was a descriptive-analytical study with a cross-sectional design conducted during 2016-2017. Using Krejcie and Morgan table, 366 hospital staff were selected, and out of them, 150 medical staff and 150 non-medical staff were assigned as research samples. The research tool was Carlson’s work-family conflict. The obtained data were analyzed by the Independent t-test, two-sample t-test, ANOVA test, Spearman test, and Shaffe technic. Findings The Mean±SD score of work-family conflict was 2.72±0.58 among medical staff and 2.74±0.61 in non-medical staff expressed medium range. Only a significant correlation was found between age and work-family conflict (P=0.001). Conclusion We suggest that policymakers of Iranian health care system pay more attention to the nonmedical staff of the hospitals (besides the medical staff) by the improvement of their quality of work-life until no huge gap remains between these two groups.