Abstract:
The objectives of occupational health nursing performance are to keep employees healthy, increase productivity and reduce healthcare costs in the workplace. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors related to role performance of occupational health nurses. The sample consisted of 134 occupational health nurses working in establishments having more than 200 workers located in industrial estates in the eastern region of Thailand. The self-administered questionnaire were mailed to the samples for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square, Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient, and Multiple Regression Analysis. The results showed that most of the sample had role performance of occupational health nursing at a moderate level (44.8 %). Personal factors including education level, occupational health nursing training, the work pattern, difficulty of the tasks. The work environment, including being exposed to the physical hazards, chemical and psychosocial hazards. The role perceptions of occupational health nurses were significantly related to the role performance of occupational health nurses (p-value < 0.05). Occupational health nursing training, physical hazards, chemical hazards, psychosocial hazards and the role perception of occupational health nurses could altogether predict 34.1% of variance in the role performance of occupational health nurses (p-value < 0.05). It is suggested that administrators should support opportunities for training, salaries and jobs assignment based on role performances of occupational health nurses. The professional organization should identify the clear role of occupational health nurses.