An Examination of Work-Family Conflict and Influencing Factors Among Operating Room Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Abstract Objective: To explore the prevalence and determinants of work-family conflict among operating room nurses within a tertiary care setting. Design: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Methods: An online survey was conducted utilizing the General Information Questionnaire, Work-Family Conflict Scale, Sense of Organizational Support Scale, and Use of Work-based Communication Tools Scale, and 102 nurses in the operating room of a tertiary hospital were surveyed using the convenience sampling method, and stratified regression analysis was used to explore the influencing factors of their work-family conflicts. Results: The total work-family conflict score of operating room nurses was (55.29±10.03), the total organizational support feeling was (37.39±10.08), and the total use of work-based communication tools was (10.53±1.89). Among the nurses in the operating room, personnel relationships, children's situation, straight down overtime, night shift, and income satisfaction explained 16.5% of the total variance of work-family conflict; the addition of work connectivity behaviors, and sense of organizational support explained 40.7% of its total variance; and the sense of managerial support and work connectivity behaviors explained 31.2% and 16.6% of its total variance individually, after eliminating the interference of the control variables. Conclusion: Operating room nurses' work-family conflict is at a high level and is influenced by multiple factors, among which the sense of organizational support and work connectivity behaviors have a greater impact on their work-family conflict, and nursing managers can reduce the level of work-family conflict by increasing the sense of organizational support of the operating room nurses and decreasing their work connectivity behaviors.