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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2021

The 2019 Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia Staff Survey: Determining the Level and Predictors of Quality of Life.

Mohd Izwan Mat Nazali, Salmi Razali, Suthahar Ariaratnam, Yuhaniz Ahmad, Hapizah Nawawi

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Mohd Izwan Mat NazaliDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Selangor Campus, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Salmi RazaliDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Selangor Campus, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Suthahar AriaratnamDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Selangor, Kampus Selayang, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Yuhaniz AhmadSchool of Quantitative Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Changlun, Malaysia.
Hapizah NawawiInstitute for Pathology, Laboratory, and Forensic Medicine (I-PPerForM), Shah Alam, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Experiencing good quality of life (QOL) among university staff is extremely crucial to ensuring academic excellence; however, there are limited data on factors that contribute to QOL among university staff. This study aims to determine the level and the predictors for good QOL among university staff. The consenting participants were selected using a stratified sampling method. Participants who had fulfilled the selection criteria were provided with socio-demographic, medical illness, job factor, and family background questionnaires. QOL and psychological well-being (depression, anxiety, and stress) were assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) questionnaires, respectively. A total of 278 staff (mean ± SD age: 38.84 ± 7.85 years, 44.2% males, 82.7% married) had participated in this study. This study found that participants had low QOL in the domains of physical health [P-QOL] (11.2%), psychological health [PSY-QOL] (9.7%), social relationships [SR-QOL] (19.1%), and environment [E-QOL] (14.4%). The predictors of P-QOL were depression, medical illness, and number of dependents, while those of PSY-QOL were work promotion, depression, medical illness, and number of dependents. Additionally, the predictors of SR-QOL were campus location, depression, and work promotion, while those of E-QOL were age, level of education, depression, work promotion, and medical illness. Depression significantly affected all domains of QOL. Younger participants without medical illness and those with tertiary level of education had increased odds of having good QOL. Participants having dependents without work promotion and employed in suburban areas had decreased odds of having good QOL. The relevant authority should be identified and then assist staff with difficulties to ensure the staff benefited from having a good QOL.

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depressionjob satisfactionpredictorsquality of lifeuniversity staff

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