<p>Role of Global Self-Esteem, Professional Burnout and Selected Socio-Demographic Variables in the Prediction of Polish Nurses’ Quality of Life – A Cross-Sectional Study</p>

Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyze the role of global self-esteem and professional burnout in predicting Polish nurses' quality of life. Materials and Methods: The research involved 1806 nurses who were employed in 23 hospitals in north-eastern Poland. Forty-seven percent of nurses, aged ≤44 years, were qualified to Group 1, while 53% of nurses, aged ≥45 years, were included in Group 2. A diagnostic survey was applied as a research method. For the collection of data, the WHOQoL-Bref questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Copenhagen Professional Burnout Inventory were used. For the statistical analysis, the significance level of P < 0.05 was adopted. Results: Global self-esteem had a positive orientation towards the prediction of the quality of life among the younger nurse group in the psychological and social domains by explaining 20% (ßeta = 0.33; R 2 = 0.20) and 15% (ßeta = 0.28; R 2 = 0.15) of the result variation, respectively. In the older nurse group, personal burnout, which took a negative orientation in the somatic (ßeta = −0.33 R 2 = 0.19), social (ßeta = −0.37; R 2 = 0.17) and environmental domains (ßeta = −0.28; R 2 = 0.32), had the greatest share in predicting the quality of life. Conclusion: There is a need for the implementation of professional burnout prevention programs, as professional burnout adversely affects the quality of life in the somatic, social and environmental domain, particularly in the older nurse group.

The relationship between self‐esteem and psychological distress in critical care nurses

“…The negative relationship between self‐esteem and psychological distress has been confirmed in various groups, including patients, pregnant women, and university students 23‐25 . Studies have shown that nurses with high self‐esteem cope better with burnout and are less likely to engage in absenteeism than those with low self‐esteem 26 . In Li et al's study, 27 which investigated the relationship between burnout and self‐esteem among Chinese nurses, nurses with higher self‐esteem reported a lower level of emotional breakdown and a higher level of business success than did those with lower self‐esteem.…”

Nurses’ burnout and quality of life: A systematic review and critical analysis of measures used

“…Most of the included studies have explicitly concluded that nurses' BO or its' subscales negatively impacts their QOL or its' subscales (Abraham & D'silva, 2013;Alotni & Elgazzar, 2020;Aytekin et al, 2013;Fradelos et al, 2014;Hatamipour et al, 2017;Kelleci et al, 2011;Khatatbeh et al, 2020;Kupcewicz & Jóźwik, 2020;Ribeiro et al, 2021;Zeng et al, 2020). Similarly, some of the included studies found a negative association between professional or work-related QOL and nurses' BO (Abdel-Aziz & Adam, 2020;Casida et al, 2019;Erkorkmaz et al, 2018;Kim et al, 2019;Permarupan et al, 2020;Wang et al, 2019).…”

“…Most of the studies ( n = 12) included were from China, Turkey, Iran, Greece or Pakistan (Aytekin et al., 2013; Azari & Rasouyar, 2016; Çelmeçe & Menekay, 2020; Erkorkmaz et al., 2018; Fradelos et al., 2014; Hatamipour et al., 2017; Kelleci et al., 2011; Naz et al., 2016; Paniora et al., 2017; Wang et al., 2019; Wu et al., 2011; Zeng et al., 2020). The rest of the studies was from Brazil (Ribeiro et al., 2021), Egypt (Abdel‐Aziz & Adam, 2020), Korea (Kim et al., 2019), India (Abraham & D’silva, 2013), Jordan (Khatatbeh et al., 2020), Malaysia (Permarupan et al., 2020), Poland (Kupcewicz & Jóźwik, 2020), Saudi Arabia (Alotni & Elgazzar, 2020) and the USA (Casida et al., 2019). All of the studies included in this systematic review utilized a cross‐sectional design, and most of them ( n = 11) were published between 2019 and 2021, Table 1.…”

Physical activity assessment and quality of life in nursing

“…Tal achado discorda de estudo prévio realizado com 1.806 enfermeiros na Polônia, que encontrou relação entre idade e qualidade de vida, com a observação de maior qualidade de vida nos enfermeiros mais jovens em relação aos mais velhos. (26) Observa-se que parte dos enfermeiros participantes trabalha em hospitais, o que pode impactar negativamente na saúde física e mental dos profissionais, sendo que o baixo nível de AF entre os profissionais de saúde está fortemente relacionado à fatores de impacto negativo na qualidade de vida. (27) Um estudo realizado em um hospital universitário nos EUA com diferentes profissionais, encontrou que os enfermeiros possuem um nível satisfatório de AF durante a jornada de trabalho, sugerindo que a intensidade física das tarefas do hospital é alta.…”