Influence of job characteristics on job satisfaction of pediatric nurses

This study was conducted to determine the possible influence of job characteristics on job satisfaction of pediatric nurses. Eighty-nine pediatric nurses working in the pediatric units of the Maternity and Children Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia comprised the subject of the present study. A questionnaire of three parts was synthesized for this study. Part I is a multifaced measure of job satisfaction [Smith et al., 1969] and known as job Descriptive Index. Part II is a job Characteristics Inventory [J.C.I] of 30 items developed by [Sims et al., 1976] to determine nurses perception of six characteristics, namely, variety, autonomy, task identity, feed back, dealing with others, and friendship opportunities. Part III comprised five demographic items. The study revealed that the overall degree of satisfaction of pediatric nurses was found to be relatively low with a mean percentage score of only 58.52%. Regarding the five job satisfaction subscales, nature of work [nursing of children] showed the highest mean percentage score. The study illustrates a positive strong correlation between job characteristics and job satisfaction with variety, task identity, and feedback being the statistically significant individual characteristics

epidemiologic study of ovarian cancer: part 1-reproductive and social factors

This study was undertaken to investigate the risk factors of ovarian cancer. A retrospective analysis was used in this study where 52 ovarian cancer cases and an equal number of a control group were obtained from the Western region of Saudi Arabia. Analysis of data showed that cases and controls did not significantly differ in any of the studied social factors, marital status, social class, and family history of cancer ovary.However, when reproductive factors were considered, the mean values of parity and number of abortions, but not age at first birth were found to differ significantly between cases and controls

Energy intakes and requirements of elderly institutionalized in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ninety two aged persons institutionalized in Jeddah Saudi Arabia were subjected to this study. A 24- hour recall was used to study the average food intake. Assessing the energy requirement was delt within this study based on weight, estimated basal metabolic rate and physical activity. The results revealed a strong correlation between energy intake and energy requirement in the group of elderly population subjected to this study and this may indicate a good nutritional status of elderly people living in institutions in Jeddah