The Effect of a Family-centered Program to Manage Domestic Roles on Marital Satisfaction in Female Nurses

Autor: Anis Jor, Leila Sadeghmoghadam, Seyed Behnam Mazloum Shahri, Shahla Khosravan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Research & Health, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 51-58 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2423-5717
Popis: Background: Marital satisfaction is vital for the continuation of married life, and one of the factors negatively affecting this satisfaction is women’s employment in stressful positions, especially in families where the division of domestic tasks is traditionally based on gender. This study was conducted to determine the effect of a family-centered program to manage domestic roles on marital satisfaction in female nurses. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up. The study population consisted of married female nurses working in two hospitals in Zabol City, Iran. Based on the determined sample size, this study was conducted on 50 female nurses and their husbands, who were randomly divided into the trial (25 couples) and control (25 couples) groups. Data were collected using Carlson’s work-family conflict scale (WFCS) and the enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire (1998). The trial group received a family-centered educational-supportive program to empower them in performing domestic roles and was compared to the control group after a two-month follow-up. Data were analyzed in SPSS software version 20 using the chi-square and independent tests for parametric data and Mann-Whitney’s U test for nonparametric data, at the significance level of P
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