Stress and quality of life in technical and auxiliary nursingin long term care institutions for elderly

Abstract

Evidence suggests that professionals involved in the care of the elderly suffer from stress and have an impaired quality of life. The objective of study was to evaluate the level of stress and quality of life of technicians and nursing assistants in a long-term care facility. Refinement transversal, exploratory and quantitative design used were as method. We used the Job Stress Scal and Whoqol scales and the Spearman correlation to assess the relationship of stress and quality of life, considering p <0.05 for all statistical tests. The average age was of 37.95 ± 8.2 years. The psychological component control was related with income and sleep period. Moreover, the quality of life was negatively correlateded with income and positively with age and level of education. The income variables, sleep, age, education and stress can instrumentalize the search for alternatives to promote of quality of life.

Keywords

• nursing team, stress psychological. burnout professional. quality of life. institution for the aged.