The Professional Quality of Life for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey and the Influencing Factors

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of healthcare workers and their professional quality of life. This quantitative cross-sectional study aims at exploring the professional quality of life, work engagement, and self-care of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador. A convenience sample of 117 participants completed an online voluntary and anonymous survey between April and July 2020. It contained a sociodemographic section, the Professional Quality of Life questionnaire V, the work engagement scale, and the scale of self-care behaviors for clinical psychologists. Results show that healthcare workers have an average quality of life with high levels of compassion satisfaction and average levels of compassion fatigue and burnout. Data also indicate that the sample frequently engaged in self-care practices and had high levels of work engagement. The regression analyses reveal that gender, the number of patients per week, the perceived fairness of the salary, among other variables are possible predictors of professional quality of life, frequency of self-care practices, and engagement. This study contributes to the understanding of these variables among healthcare professionals in Ecuador. These results should be considered when planning policies and prevention intervention efforts to promote professionals’ wellbeing.

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Influence of workload, mental health and professional quality of life on healthcare workers’ hand hygiene behavior in medical aid during COVID-19 pandemic

10.21203/rs.3.rs-30058/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Qian Zhou ◽

Xinping Zhang

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Hand Hygiene ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Professional Quality Of Life ◽

Final Model ◽

Professional Quality ◽

Hygiene Behavior

Abstract BackgroundAppropriate hand hygiene behavior is much crucial during COVID-19 pandemic, which is influenced by workload, mental health and professional quality of life. The increasing workload, worse mental health and negative professional quality of life are severe challenges for healthcare workers, whereas the evidence of mechanism between them and hand hygiene behavior are limited. This study aimed to understand and model how HCWs’ hand hygiene behaviors were influenced by workload, mental health and professional quality of life.MethodsA total of 1,734 healthcare workers were investigated, covering self-reported hand hygiene behavior, mental health, workload, professional quality of life and socio-demographic characteristics. Structural equation modelling was conducted to confirm interrelationships and parameters among the variables.Findings The final model had a good fit (CFI=0.980; TLI=0.941; RMSEA=0.055). Higher workload was linked to worse mental health (β = 0.165, p < 0.001) and higher burnout (β = 0.183, p < 0.001). Worse mental health was linked to higher burnout (β = 0.339, p < 0.001). The higher burnout was associated with worse self-reported hand hygiene behavior (β = -0.302, p < 0.001).ConclusionWorkload is positively associated with mental health and burnout; mental health is positively related to burnout; burnout is negatively associated with hand hygiene behavior. Thus, hand hygiene behavior can be promoted by the strategy to decrease the workload, burnout and enhance mental health.

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Professional quality of life and emotional well-being among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran

Frontiers in Emergency Medicine ◽

10.18502/fem.v6i1.7674 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Reza Azizkhani ◽

Farhad Heydari ◽

Ahmad Sadeghi ◽

Omid Ahmadi ◽

Azita Azimi Meibody

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Close Contact ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Well Being ◽

Moderate Level ◽

Professional Quality Of Life ◽

Professional Quality

Objective: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are among the highest groups impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to analyze professional quality of life (ProQOL) and its association with emotional well-being in HCWs during the pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on HCWs being in close contact with COVID-19 patients in Iran. The questionnaires assessing ProQOL, emotional well-being, and demographic and occupational characteristics were recruited via email or social media. The ProQOL was used to measure compassion fatigue (CF), burnout (BO) and compassion satisfaction (CS). Results: Among the respondents, 705 HCWs were enrolled, including a higher proportion of physicians 449 (63.7%), females 452 (64.1%), and married 486 (68.9%). The mean of participants’ work experience was 8.41 ± 8.91 years. Almost all of HCWs showed moderate to high levels of CS (98.3%). Also, most of HCWs showed a moderate level of CF (96.3%), and the majority of them (76.6%) had a moderate level of BO. There were significant differences in the duration of contact with COVID-19 patients for all three components of ProQOL and emotional well-being score. Women had a higher level of BO than men (P=0.003). CS was significantly higher in married HCWs than in singles (P=0.007). Pearson correlation coefficient showed that CS had a negative relationship with CF and BO. However, there was a direct correlation between emotional well-being and the CS. Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Iranian HCWs showed to have moderate to high levels of CS, and a moderate level of both CF and BO, and showed that emotional well-being had a direct correlation with CS.

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Association between level of exposure to death and dying and professional quality of life among palliative care workers

Palliative & Supportive Care ◽

10.1017/s1478951517000487 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 442-451 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Tali Samson ◽

Pesach Shvartzman

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Palliative Care ◽

Interaction Effect ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Response Rate ◽

Death And Dying ◽

Professional Quality Of Life ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Professional Quality

ABSTRACTBackground:Exposure to the death and dying of others is an anxiety-provoking condition that can contribute to psychological stress. However, the results of empirical studies that evaluated work-related outcomes among physicians and nurses with repeated exposure to dying patients are not consistent.Objective:Our aim was to evaluate whether a high level of exposure to death and dying (LED) can increase the risk for poor professional quality of life (ProQoL) in most healthcare workers, but it can also improve ProQoL in a subset of healthcare workers with specific characteristics.Method:We employed a cross-sectional survey designed to better understand the role of LED as a predictor of ProQoL among healthcare workers.Setting and Participants:Comparison of physicians and nurses with high LED (home-based palliative care units) with a matched group of physicians and nurses with low LED (primary care units) and evaluation of possible interaction effects among LED, death anxiety (DA), and engagement as predictors of ProQoL.Results:The final sample included 110 questionnaires from the high-LED group (response rate = 39%) and 131 from the low-LED (response rate = 24%) group. Workers with high LED reported an increased level of compassion satisfaction (CS) and low to moderate levels of burnout (BU) and secondary traumatic stress (STS), with no significant differences with respect to other healthcare providers. Although levels of CS, STS, and BU did not differ between groups, a univariate MANOVA revealed that the interaction effect of LED × Engagement reduced levels of CS and that the interaction effect of LED × DA increased STS among workers with high LED.Significance of results:LED was significantly correlated with ProQoL among healthcare workers with high LED due to the reported interaction effect. These findings imply, for the first time, that there is a possible correlation between engagement and the risk for poor ProQoL among workers with high LED. Further research is essential to gain a better understanding of this issue.

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Prevalence and impact of burnout, secondary traumatic stress and compassion satisfaction on hand hygiene of healthcare workers in medical aid team during COVID-19 pandemic

10.21203/rs.3.rs-28820/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Qian Zhou ◽

Xiaoquan Lai ◽

Chaoyang Wan ◽

Xinping Zhang ◽

Li Tan

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Hand Hygiene ◽

Traumatic Stress ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Compassion Satisfaction ◽

Professional Quality Of Life ◽

Medical Aid ◽

Professional Quality ◽

Hygiene Behavior

Abstract Background Healthcare workers suffered mental burden, especially in the period of COVID-19. Professional quality of life quality is suitable to measure how healthcare workers feel in medical aid team. Current evidence of impact of professional quality of life on hand hygiene behavior or even IPC measures was limited, especially in emerging infectious disease period. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of burnout, secondary traumatic stress and compassion satisfaction and explore their impact on self-reported hand hygiene behavior among medical aid team in Wuhan, China, where strict management was conducted to prevent COVID-19 spread and guarantee healthcare workers’ health. Results A cross-sectional study was conducted using online questionnaire covering professional quality of life and self-reported hand hygiene behavior based on COVID-19 guideline. A total of 1,734 healthcare workers were surveyed. The prevalence of burnout, secondary trauma and compassion satisfaction were low and average levels (69.61 and 30.39%), low and average levels (33.33 and 66.21%), average and high levels (49.65 and 49.71%), respectively. Burnout was negatively associated with overall hand hygiene (Coef. =-0.088, p<0.001), low hand hygiene (Coef. =-0.109, p<0.001), medium hand hygiene (Coef. =-0.088, p<0.001) and high hand hygiene (Coef. =-0.065, p<0.001). Conclusions Healthcare workers with higher compassion satisfaction reported higher hand hygiene compared to the lower. Healthcare workers in medical aid team experience lower level burnout, and higher level of compassion satisfaction during COVID-19 pandemic compared to the general period. The lower burnout and higher compassion satisfaction are associated with higher self-reported hand hygiene behavior. Burnout and compassion satisfaction in healthcare workers should be emphasize and need interventions targeting. The management of healthcare workers in Wuhan, China may be constructive for the future medical aid team.

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