Well‐being of nurses and working conditions—Are polish nurses different from doctors and midwives in terms of professional quality of life?

Abstract

Abstract Aim The aim of the study is to assess the differences in the professional quality of life between nurses, midwives and doctors. Design Cross‐sectional study. Methods A total of 297 participants were surveyed: 165 nurses, 101 doctors and 31 midwives. We used ProQol questionnaire with three subscales (compassion satisfaction ‐CS, burnout‐ B, compassion fatigue‐CF and own questionnaire (social‐demographics data). Results Burnout and CF were average in a group of nurse and midwives, low in group of doctors. In group of nurses, a relationship was observed between compassion satisfaction and: job seniority (p < .01), basic place of work (p < .01), self‐assessment of work situation (p < .01), as well as between burnout and: job seniority (p < .05), form of employment (p = .03), basic place of work (p = .002), self‐assessment of work situation (p < .01). In group of midwives was only the relationship between the self‐assessment of work situation and: CS (p < .01) and burnout (p < .01) were shown.

Keywords

• burnout
• quality of life
• stress