TY  - JOUR
T1  - Comparing Organization Commitment, Life Expectancy and
Mental Health among Nurses and Ordinary People in Zabol
AU - Noorzehi, Maryam AU - Jenaabadi, Hossein 
JO  - Research Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 10
IS  - 8
SP  - 447
EP  - 455
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-932x
DO  - rjasci.2015.447.455
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2015.447.455
KW  - mental health
KW  -life expectancy
KW  -Organizational commitment
KW  -nurses
KW  -Zabol
AB  - This descriptive-correlational study was conducted to compare organizational commitment, life
expectancy and mental health of nurses and ordinary people in Zabol. To this end, 168 nurses (105 females and
63 males) and 168 ordinary individuals (68 females and 100 males) were selected through applying random
sampling method. In the current study, three questionnaires including General Health Questionnaire (GHO-28),
Life Expectancy Scale and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire were used to collect data. Moreover,
subjects’ demographic information was also obtained. The collected data was statistically analyzed using
Pearson correlation coefficient and independent t-test. Results of the present study indicated that there was
a diverse significant relationship between scores on mental health and life expectancy. However, no significant
relationship was found between mental health and organizational commitment of nurses in Zabol. Moreover,
no significant correlation was observed among mental health, life expectancy and organizational commitment
of ordinary people in Zabol. There was a significant difference between nurses and ordinary people considering
their organizational commitment, i.e., mean score of ordinary people on organizational commitment was higher
than that of nurses, demonstrating that ordinary people were more committed to their work. Additionally, there
was a significant difference between nurses and ordinary people with regard to their mental health, i.e., ordinary
people’s mean score on mental health was lower than that of nurses, indicating that nurses had higher levels
of mental health. However, no significant difference was found considering mean scores of nurses and ordinary
people in Zabol on life expectancy.
ER  -