Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Aug 2020)

The impact of work on the health of nursing professionals

  • Cláudia Jeane Lopes Pimenta,
  • Cleane Rosa Ribeiro da Silva,
  • Thaíse Alves Bezerra,
  • Tatiana Ferreira da Costa,
  • Jacira dos Santos Oliveira,
  • Kátia Neyla de Freitas Macedo Costa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1980-220x2018046103584
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 54

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Abstract Objective: To evaluate the impact of work on nursing professionals’ health. Method: This is a cross-sectional and quantitative study conducted with nurses from a university hospital in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Data were collected through interviews using an instrument to obtain sociodemographic data and health conditions and the Pleasure and Suffering Indicators at Work Scale (PSIWS). Results: There were 152 nurses who participated. The Experience of Pleasure and its domains were rated as satisfactory, while Suffering Factors and their domains were critically evaluated. Statistically significant associations were observed (p≤0.05) between the indicators of pleasure and suffering and some health conditions, health problems and medication use. Conclusion: Satisfactory levels of pleasure were associated with better health conditions and critical levels of suffering were associated with worse health conditions.

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