The effectiveness of quality of life therapy on improving relationships with coworkers, and reducing work-family conflicts among the personnel in alzahra medical education center, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Background: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of quality of life therapy on improving relationships with coworkers, and reducing work-family conflicts among the personnel in Alzahra Medical Education Center, Isfahan Iran. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, and follow-up method and control group. The statistical population of this research included all employees of Alzahra in Isfahan. The sample consisted of 30 employees who were selected non-randomly, and randomly assigned to two equal groups of experimental and control. The experimental group received 9 treatment sessions of one and a half hours, under the training of quality of life therapy, while the control group did not receive any treatment. In the pretest, posttest, and follow-up period, both groups completed the relationships with coworkers scale, and the 18-item questionnaire on work-family conflict. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive (means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (repeated measures analysis of variance). Findings: The quality of life therapy significantly improved the relationships with coworkers (F = 33.198; P < 0.001), as well as the work-family conflict (F = 10.480; P < 0.001) in experimental group, compared to control group. Conclusion: The results showed that quality of life therapy has an effect on improving relationships with coworkers, and reducing work-family conflicts. © 2018, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences(IUMS). All rights reserved.