Effect of Nursing Performance on Job Satisfaction and Mental Health in Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital
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Nursing performance; Job satisfaction; GHQ-28; Mental health; Burnout; Pakistan.Abstract
Background: Nursing performance is closely linked to patient outcomes and to nurses’ professional and psychological well-being, yet context-specific estimates from Pakistani public hospitals remain limited (1,7). Objective: To quantify associations among self-reported nursing performance, job satisfaction, and mental health in female nurses at a public teaching hospital, and to explore experience-related differences. Methods: In a cross-sectional study of 50 full-time female nurses at Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital, Sialkot, participants completed the Nursing Performance Scale, the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS), and the GHQ-28 (Likert 0–84; lower scores denote better mental health). Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, independent-samples t-tests, one-way ANOVA with Tukey post-hoc tests, and simple linear regression were conducted with two-tailed α=0.05; effect sizes and 95% confidence intervals were reported. Results: Nursing performance correlated positively with job satisfaction (r=0.71, p<0.001) and negatively with psychological distress (r=−0.64, p<0.001); job satisfaction correlated negatively with distress (r=−0.59, p<0.001). Regression showed performance significantly predicted satisfaction (B=0.51, 95% CI 0.35–0.67; R²=0.504; p<0.001). Performance differed by experience (F(2,47)=6.42, p=0.003; η²=0.21), with 1–5 years lower than 6–10 and >10 years. No significant satisfaction difference was observed by marital status (p=0.16). Conclusion: Higher self-reported performance was associated with greater job satisfaction and lower psychological distress, and experience showed a large favorable association with performance. Competency-building, recognition, and practice-environment improvements are promising levers to support nurse well-being and retention in resource-constrained public hospitals.
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