2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A study on the relationship between collaboration types and job satisfaction among nurses and care workers working in long-term care health facilities

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22890030
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research Institution	Chiba University
Principal Investigator	MATSUDA Naomasa 千葉大学, 大学院・看護学研究科, 特任助教 (60376176)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Keywords	看護と介護 / 協働 / 職務満足度
Research Abstract	An interview survey was carried out with nurses, care workers and administrators working in long-term care health facilities on the collaboration types. The collaboration was classified into three types ; Type 1 : they work together. Type 2 : they work separately. Type 3 : they work together or separately according to time and circumstances. A questionnaire sheet was also used to survey the relationship between collaboration types and job satisfaction. Among care workers, job satisfaction (working condition) score of those working together was high. It was suggested that working together could play an important role in enhancing their job satisfaction.