Self-rated health and general procrastination in nurses: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Introduction: nurses are responsible for taking care of the health of the general public. Nurses´ own health is among the important factors affecting the quality of patient care. Self-rated Health (SRH) is one of the indicators used extensively in health research for the assessment of the health status of individuals. The present study was conducted to evaluate Self-rated Health and its relationship with general procrastination in nurses.

Methods: the present cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019 on 305 Iranian nurses selected by stratified random sampling. The relationship of Self-rated Health with procrastination was determined using an ordinal logistic regression analysis after adjustments for personal and occupational factors.

Results: self-rated Health was poor/bad in 11.3% of the nurses, fair in 23.7%, good in 34.3% and excellent in 30.7%. After adjustments for personal and occupational factors, a significant relationship was observed between procrastination and Self-rated Health (OR=0.95; 95%CI 0.92, 0.98).

Conclusion: the results showed an unfavorable health status in nurses. Given the significant relationship between procrastination and poor Self-rated Health in nurses, it is essential to consider this relationship for improving nurses´ health.