Perception of Happiness among Health Care Providers in United Arab Emirates: a Cross Sectional Study
Sumayya Obaid Saeed Almheiri, Victoria Funmilayo Hanson, Eman Abdelaziz Ahmed Rashad Dabou
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Happiness is one of the main pillars of the individual’s
existence. It entails several aspects and forms based on an individual’s
outlook; it can be linked to spiritual, physical, mental and psychological
domains of the human beings among all age groups. People vary in terms of their
perspective of their happiness. It is a
source of good outcomes, which contributes to vital social bonds, , broadens
people's scope of attention, facilitates the pursuit of important goals and
increases psychological comfort
Aim: To evaluate the perception of happiness among health care
providers in a selected hospital in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. .
Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional research was carried out
among health care providers population using convenience-sampling techniques.
Data was collected using Oxford happiness questionnaire online due to the
pandemic.
Results: A total of 130 health care providers with Mean ± SD of the participants’ age of
36.56 ± 7.9 years with years of experience 12.40 ± 7.39. There was no
correlation between happiness score and psychological wellbeing sub scale of
health care providers, there was significant relationship between happiness and
some socio demographic variables, however there was association between doctors
and nurses’ happiness level.
Conclusion: There was substantial
link between happiness and marital status, age, gender, designation and work experience,
it also revealed that happiness of health care providers was majorly “ rather
happy” that’s important to ensure better delivery of quality of care. Important
factors of human happiness are good and cordial relations with others, including
family and colleagues. The research has given a beneficial thrust in order to
do more research on happiness among health care providers in another
setting. The study laid credence to UAE
initiative of creating happiness ministry for workers in the country, first of
its kind globally.
Keywords: Healthcare providers, perceptions, happiness, oxford
questionnaire