evaluating general health and related factors among employed women in healthcare staff: a cross-sectional study

Background: one of the main goals of healthcare systems is to maintain and promote women’shealth. according to the literature, different factors, such as demographic characteristics,occupational status, stress, culture, and epidemics, can affect women’s health. this study aimedto determine the health status of employed women and its association with their demographiccharacteristics.methods: this analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted on 325 women working inhealthcare centers affiliated with guilan university of medical sciences, gilan province, iran, in2019. after receiving their informed consent, the study subjects were chosen by random groupsampling method. the study data were obtained using a general health questionnaire (ghq). dataanalysis was performed by the chi-square test at a significant level of 0.05 in spss software, v. 23.results: the mean±sd age of the study women was 42.10±8.19 years, and 52.63% of themwere nurses, 16.92% physicians, 19.39% midwives, and 11.7% health workers. based on thepresent study results, 39.7% of the participants are suspected of having a health disorder orproblem. according to the analysis, significant relationships were observed between women’shealth and variables of age (p≤0.0001), level of education (p=0.03), occupational status ofspouse (p≤0.0001), income level (p=0.02), and place of residence (p≤0.0001). nevertheless, nosignificant association was found between women’s health and marital status and place of birth.conclusion: improving the health of healthcare staff requires special attention and appropriatesupportive measures. given the stressful conditions of healthcare staff, cognitive and behavioralinterventions to improve work-life balance can enhance their performance regarding patient carewhile promoting their welfare.