Professional Quality of Life and Perceived Stress in Health Professionals before COVID-19 in Spain: Primary and Hospital Care

Ortega‐Galán, Ángela María; Fernández, María Dolores Ruiz; Lirola, María-Jesús; Ramos‐Pichardo, Juan Diego; Ibáñez‐Masero, Olivia; Cabrera-Troya, José; Salinas-Pérez, Virginia; Gómez-Beltrán, Piedras Alba; Fernández‐Martínez, Elia

doi:10.3390/healthcare8040484

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“…Our results contrast with the high levels of CF and BO perceived in previous studies with health professionals from Spain and Italy [ 33 , 34 ], which are two of the most affected countries in the European Union [ 47 , 48 ]. A possible explanation may be that the present study’s data collection was conducted over three months, in which the information about the development of the health crisis and the measures for its control were advancing.…”

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“…Consistent with other research [ 33 , 34 ], female participants showed higher CF levels. This could be explained by the fact that during the time of data collection, women may have sustained a higher emotional and professional burden due to the confinement restrictions, online classes, and workload, given the high number of positive COVID-19 cases in Ecuador at the time.…”

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“…A recent Spanish study shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic, health professionals showed high levels of CF and BO, which had an impact on their mental health and professional quality of life [ 33 ]. The study insists on implementing long-term contingency programs aimed at improving the emotional wellbeing of healthcare professionals.…”

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Professional Quality of Life, Engagement, and Self-Care in Healthcare Professionals in Ecuador during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of healthcare workers and their professional quality of life. This quantitative cross-sectional study aims at exploring the professional quality of life, work engagement, and self-care of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador. A convenience sample of 117 participants completed an online voluntary and anonymous survey between April and July 2020. It contained a sociodemographic section, the Professional Quality of Life questionnaire V, the work engagement scale, and the scale of self-care behaviors for clinical psychologists. Results show that healthcare workers have an average quality of life with high levels of compassion satisfaction and average levels of compassion fatigue and burnout. Data also indicate that the sample frequently engaged in self-care practices and had high levels of work engagement. The regression analyses reveal that gender, the number of patients per week, the perceived fairness of the salary, among other variables are possible predictors of professional quality of life, frequency of self-care practices, and engagement. This study contributes to the understanding of these variables among healthcare professionals in Ecuador. These results should be considered when planning policies and prevention intervention efforts to promote professionals’ wellbeing.

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Professional Quality of Life, Engagement, and Self-Care in Healthcare Professionals in Ecuador during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…Previous national and international studies, however, have shown high levels of stress among HCWs, whether in regular conditions or during the COVID-19 pandemic [6,[11][12][13][14][15]. For example, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been identified in 2012 in many countries worldwide and most cases were diagnosed in Saudi Arabia [16].…”

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Work-Related Challenges among Primary Health Centers Workers during COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

Al-Mansour

Alfuzan

Alsarheed

et al. 2021

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This study aimed to identify certain occupational risk factors for stress among healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a multistage random sampling approach, an online questionnaire was applied to collect data on role conflict and ambiguity, self-esteem and social support from 1378 HCWs working in primary health centers (regular and fever clinics; clinics specialized in managing patients with COVID-19 symptoms) across Saudi Arabia. The results showed that stress correlated positively with role conflict and ambiguity and negatively with social support. HCWs in fever clinics exhibited significantly more stress and role conflict and ambiguity than those who were working in regular primary healthcare centers. In conclusion, role conflict and ambiguity and social support were determinants for stress among HCWs, especially those working in fever clinics.

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“…It has three main dimensions, namely compassion satisfaction, job burnout, and secondary traumatic stress 11 . Studies showed that OS had signi cant negative relationship with nurses' quality of work life 12 and the compassion satisfaction dimension of PQOL, while it had signi cant positive relationship with the job burnout and the secondary traumatic stress dimensions of PQOL 13 . On the other hand, staff with low PQOL have poorer organizational identity, job satisfaction, and occupational performance and are more likely to quit their job 14,15 .…”

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Resilience and Its Relationship With Occupational Stress and Professional Quality of Life Among Nurses in COVID-19 Isolation Wards

Mostafazadeh

Ghorbani-Sani

Seyed-Mohammadi

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Background: Nurses’ direct and continuous contact with patients afflicted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes them stress due to fear over affliction and reduces their professional quality of life (PQOL). Resilience has potential protective effects against different stressors. This study aimed to assess resilience and its relationship with occupational stress (OS) and PQOL among nurses in COVID-19 isolation wards.Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2020. Participants were nurses in the COVID-19 isolation wards of healthcare centers affiliated to Khoy University of Medical Sciences, Khoy, Iran. In total, 158 eligible nurses were recruited through a census. Data were collected using a researcher-made demographic questionnaire, the short version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the Nursing Stress Scale, and the PQOL Scale. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS software (v. 16.) and through the independent-sample t test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and linear regression analysis.Results: The total mean scores of resilience and OS were 26.19±6.2 (in the possible range of 0–40) and 73.3±14.5 (in the possible range of 34–136), respectively. The mean scores of the compassion satisfaction, job burnout, and secondary traumatic stress dimensions of PQOL were respectively 38.02±8.16, 30.84±5.45, and 27.66±6.13, (all in the possible range of 10–50). Most participants experienced moderate OS (57.9%). The mean scores of participants’ resilience and OS had no significant relationship with their demographic characteristics (P > 0.05). Resilience had significant negative relationship with OS (r = –0.376, P < 0.001) and significant positive relationship with the compassion satisfaction dimension of PQOL (r = 0.373; P < 0.001). Resilience was also a significant predictor of OS and the compassion satisfaction dimension of PQOL (P < 0.001).Conclusion: Nurses’ OS can be reduced through resilience-promoting strategies such as development of their social support network, improvement of their optimism, and provision of resilient role models and quality resilience-related education.

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Professional Quality of Life and Perceived Stress in Health Professionals before COVID-19 in Spain: Primary and Hospital Care

Cited by 61 publications

References 34 publications

Professional Quality of Life, Engagement, and Self-Care in Healthcare Professionals in Ecuador during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Professional Quality of Life, Engagement, and Self-Care in Healthcare Professionals in Ecuador during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Work-Related Challenges among Primary Health Centers Workers during COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

Resilience and Its Relationship With Occupational Stress and Professional Quality of Life Among Nurses in COVID-19 Isolation Wards

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