Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Jun 2024)

Quality of life at work for health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Monalisa Maria Leandro da Silva Oliveira,
  • Gabriela Ferreira de Oliveira Butrico,
  • Vanessa da Silva Carvalho Vila,
  • Katarinne Lima Moraes,
  • Marina Aleixo Diniz Rezende,
  • Laidilce Teles Zatta Santos,
  • Larissa Silva Magalhães,
  • Sergiane Bisinoto Alves

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0461
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 77, no. suppl 1

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ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the quality of life at work of health professionals in direct and indirect care of COVID-19 cases. Methods: this was a cross-sectional study with 156 health professionals from a referral hospital. The relationship between sociodemographic and work-related variables and perceived stress and domains of the Quality of Life at Work Scale was investigated using inferential statistics and regression. Results: Satisfaction with Compassion was moderate (mean: 38.2), with low perception of stress, Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress (means: 18.8, 21.6 and 19.1). There were associations between: education, salary, multiple jobs and direct care with Compassion Satisfaction; low income, being a nurse and working overtime with Burnout; and working more than 12 hours, underlying disease and hospitalization for COVID-19 with Secondary Traumatic Stress. Conclusion: quality of life at work was satisfactory, despite the presence of Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress.

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