The impact of health-promoting lifestyle components on job adjustment of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Abstract Background: The wide spread of the Covid-19 disease has faced many challenges to health systems and health care workers. One of the areas that the coronavirus crisis had a deep impact on was lifestyle and balance in professional and work life. A lifestyle that promotes health is one of the important and influential factors in job performance. Job adjustment is influenced by the general atmosphere of life, the quality of work life, and the nature of the job. There is limited information regarding the role of various health-promoting lifestyle components in the job adjustment of health care workers. This study was aimed to determine the impact of health-promoting lifestyle components on job adjustment of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 470 health care workers of Tabriz city, the capital of East Azerbaijan province located in northwestern Iran were selected by the random cluster method. Data were collected using questionnaires of demographic characteristics, health-promoting lifestyle, and job adjustment and were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The findings of the study showed that all components of the health-promoting lifestyle had a significant relationship and explained 39% of the changes in job adjustment. Among the health-promoting lifestyle components, nutrition (β = 0.499, P < 0.001) and responsibility for health (β = 0.160, P = 0.004) have the most positive influence on the job adjustment of health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. Although interpersonal support had a positive and significant correlation with job adjustment (r=0.431, β=0.146, and P=0.004), the score of this dimension in health-promoting lifestyle compared to the total score was evaluated lower than other dimensions. Conclusion: Paying attention to eating habits, promoting responsibility regarding health, and strengthening relationships and interpersonal support among health care workers can increase the level of their job adjustment and lead to compliance with the work environment and effective implementation of new and different job duties in the conditions of the covid-19 pandemic.