Quality of Life at Work for Health Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Overview

Journal Rev Bras Enferm

Specialty Nursing

Date 2024 Jul 3

PMID 38958357

Authors

Monalisa Maria Leandro da Silva Oliveira

Gabriela Ferreira de Oliveira Butrico

Vanessa da Silva Carvalho Vila

Katarinne Lima Moraes

Marina Aleixo Diniz Rezende

Laidilce Teles Zatta Santos

Larissa Silva Magalhaes

Sergiane Bisinoto Alves

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Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the quality of life at work of health professionals in direct and indirect care of COVID-19 cases.

Methods: this was a cross-sectional study with 156 health professionals from a referral hospital. The relationship between sociodemographic and work-related variables and perceived stress and domains of the Quality of Life at Work Scale was investigated using inferential statistics and regression.

Results: Satisfaction with Compassion was moderate (mean: 38.2), with low perception of stress, Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress (means: 18.8, 21.6 and 19.1). There were associations between: education, salary, multiple jobs and direct care with Compassion Satisfaction; low income, being a nurse and working overtime with Burnout; and working more than 12 hours, underlying disease and hospitalization for COVID-19 with Secondary Traumatic Stress.

Conclusion: quality of life at work was satisfactory, despite the presence of Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress.

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