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Age-dependent relationships between work ability, thinking of quitting the job, and actual leaving among Italian nurses: a longitudinal study
Authors:Camerino Donatella  Conway Paul Maurice  van der Heijden Beatrice Isabella Johanna Maria  Estryn-Béhar Madeleine  Costa Giovanni  Hasselhorn Hans-Martin
Affiliation:a Department of Occupational Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
b IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli e Regina Elena Foundation, Milan, Italy
c Maastricht School of Management, Maastricht, The Netherlands
d Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands
e University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
f Service Central de Medecine du Travail Hôpitaux Hôtel Dieu AP-HP de Paris, Paris, France
g Department of Safety Engineering, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Abstract:

Background

Qualified nurses commonly report several work-related problems, which may threat their health and work ability, and may have an impact upon retention.

Objective

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether perceived work ability is a predictor for different types of thinking of quitting and for actual exit from the workplace.

Design

A prospective study has been performed based on 3329 Italian registered nurses which responded to both measurements of the Nurses’ Early Exit Study. Institutions were selected by means of a stratified sampling procedure. All the 7447 nurses working in that healthcare organizations were recruited for the study. Baseline questionnaire was collected from 5504 nurses. Response rate at follow-up was 63.4%. Two hundred and fifty-five nurses left the job in the course of the investigation.

Methods

Several multiple logistic regression analyses were performed controlling for indicators of work-related well-being, socio-demographic, and labour-market characteristics.

Results

As a whole, our results show that among nurses younger than 45 years work ability is a significant predictor of different types of thinking of quitting, but not of actual exit from the workplace: a lower perceived work ability was associated with a higher desire to undertake further education (OR: 3.05; 95% CI: 1.30-7.18) and/or to change workplace (OR: 4.03; 95% CI: 1.84-8.83) or profession (OR: 6.67; 95% CI: 2.78-15.99). In contrast, among the older nurses (>45), only actual exit was predicted by lower work ability scores (OR: 7.14; 95% CI: 1.15-44.13), along with the perception of a larger availability of free nursing posts in the region (OR: 2.70; 95% CI: 1.13-6.43).

Conclusion

Therefore, we conclude that in the relationship between low perceived work ability and intended or actual exit, a significant part is explained by age itself, but also by the age-related differences in occupational and life opportunities. This contribution concludes with some age-related policies aimed at boosting nurses’ retention.
Keywords:Aging   Personnel turnover   Perceived work ability   Nurses   Well-being
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