Professional quality of life in nurses on the frontline against COVID‐19

Abstract

Aims This study aimed to investigate professional quality of life (ProQOL) in nurses who were fighting against COVID‐19 in Wuhan and its related factors. Background COVID‐19 epidemic is a major threat to public health. Frontline nurses have engaged in infection prevention and control, isolation, containment and public health. However, available data on ProQOL in these nurses are limited. Methods From 15 to 21 March 2020, the Chinese version of ProQOL was utilized to survey a total of 102 nurses through an electronic questionnaire. The stepwise regression analysis was performed to determine which factors (e.g. demographic and work‐related factors) were related to ProQOL. Results The scores of compassion satisfaction (CS), burnout (BO) and secondary traumatic stress (STS) were 38.09 ± 5.22, 21.77 ± 4.92 and 20.75 ± 6.27, respectively. The STS and CS scores were higher than the critical value. None of the nurses reported a low level of CS or a high level of BO and STS. Nurses' ProQOL was related to working hours, workload, job satisfaction and salary satisfaction. Conclusions Nurses who were fighting against COVID‐19 had better CS and BO, whereas STS was relatively worse. Nurses who worked for long hours had more severe STS. BO of nurses with heavy workload and dissatisfaction with their salary was more severe. Nurses who were unsatisfied with their job had poor CS. Implications for Nursing Management It is believed that these results may help nurse managers to improve ProQOL of nurses who were fighting against COVID‐19 by minimizing working hours, reducing workload and improving job satisfaction and rewards.

Work-life balance and professional quality of life among nurse faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Nursing itself is a demanding profession that often requires nurses to meet the needs of patients and families before their own needs ( Mullen, 2015 ). Although frontline nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic reported high levels of compassion satisfaction with their work, there was a high prevalence of secondary traumatic stress ( Niu et al, 2022 ). This may also be true in academia where nurse educators may place the needs of the institution, program, and students before meeting their own individual needs which then impacts their personal life.…”

The association between burnout of healthcare employees and quality of work-life in Northwestern Turkey

“…In the present study, the WLQ of those who said that their workload increased because of the COVID-19 pandemic was found to be low. It was reported in another study conducted with nurses working in hospitals in China during the COVID-19 pandemic that participants with long working hours and heavy workloads had low WLQ (Niu et al 2022 ). In support of the findings of the present study, in the study conducted by Kılıç and Keklik ( 2012 ) with healthcare employees, it was reported that employees who had intensive working hours had lower WLQ scores; and in the study conducted by Kaya ( 2011 ) with nurses, nurses working overtime had lower WLQ scores; and in the study conducted by Karadağ Öncel ( 2019 ) with pediatric assistants, it was reported that physicians with long working hours had negative effects on WLQ and lower WLQ scores.…”

Professional Quality of Life, Work-Related Stress, and Job Satisfaction among Nurses in Saudi Arabia: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

“…Zhang stated that reduced job satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout are all directly correlated with the nursing profession's inherent stress and traumatic events [ 32 ]. Job satisfaction had a negative correlation with STS and CF [ 43 , 44 ]. Several studies found that stress is related to or affects STS and CS [ 45 , 46 ].…”