title: The status of social well-being in Iranian nurses: a cross- sectional study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Social well-being is one of the important aspects of individual's health. However, the social aspect of health, or social well-being, has not been attended to as equally as the other aspects. Social well-being is people's perceptions and experiences in social circumstances as well as the degree of successful responses to social challenges. The aim of the study was to investigate the social well-being of a sample of Iranian nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was a cross- sectional conducted in 2013. The study population consisted of all 1200 staff nurses working in all hospitals located in Ardabil, Iran. We invited a random sample of 281 practicing nurses to respond to the 33-item Keyes's Social Well-Being Questionnaire and the possible range of the total score is 33-165. Higher score reflect better SWB. The quantitative analysis of this study used the Statistical Package for Social Science SPSS version 13.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that Participants' mean score of social well-being was 105.45 (15.87). Social well-being was significantly related to participants' age, gender, work experience, satisfaction with working in hospital and with income, familiarity with nursing prior to entering it, official position, and type of employment. However, there was no significant relationship between nurses' social well-being and their marital status, their parents and spouses' educational status, as well as the type of hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses' social well-being deserves special attention. Effective well-being promotion strategies should be executed for promoting their social well-being particularly in areas of social integration and social acceptance. Moreover, nurses, particularly female nurses, need strong financial, emotional, informational, and social support for ensuring their social well-being.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Naser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mozaffari
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
authors.forename: Behrouz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dadkhah
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shamshiri
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Management, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Nahid
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dehghan Nayeri
keywords: Health; Nursing; Social; Social health