Meta-analysis of factors affecting nurses' workload

Nurses are the largest group of service providers in the health system and should have a good quality of life to provide care to patients in a desirable way. The workload in the nursing profession is a critical issue. This study aimed to meta-analyze the factors affecting workload among nurses.

The research method is a systematic quantitative review. The statistical population is the articles of reputable scientific journals in 1389 to 1399 and 2010 to 2020 in domestic databases such as Normgaz, SID,, Civilica , MagIran and reputable foreign databases such as Scopus, Elsevier, Google Scholar and Science Direct. In this research, Sandlowski and Barroso have been used. The number of samples has reached 13 articles. The effect size ratio was beta coefficient, correlation.

The result with meta-analysis software (CMA 2) showed that the factors affecting the workload of nurses with an average effect size of 0.225 were obtained. The results of the meta-analysis also showed that job control with an effect size of -0.39 and cheerfulness with an effect size of -0.32 had the most inverse effect and gender with an impact factor of 0.839, and motivation with an impact factor of 0.783 had the most direct effect on It has nurses' workload.

Nurses face a heavy workload due to the increasing population and labour shortage. In many cases, the workload that needs to be done is beyond the reach of nurses and puts a lot of pressure on people.