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Título
Professional quality of life of healthcare workers in hospital emergency departments
Autor
Año del Documento
2022
Editorial
MDPI
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
Behavioral Sciences, 2022, Vol. 12, Nº. 6, 188
Resumo
In previous publications, we have reported that professionals in emergency departments undergo high levels of stress according to the amounts of salivary biomarkers (α-amylase and cortisol). The stress seems to be counteracted by increased levels of dehydroepiandrosterone. This hypothesis is confirmed in the answers to different tests indicating no working stress, no anxiety, optimal self-efficacy, and good sleeping quality. Altogether, these previous results suggest an optimal adaptation of these workers to the demanding situations that occur in emergency departments. To complete this research, we decided to evaluate the quality of life of health professionals working in the emergency departments of two Spanish hospitals. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out during the pre-pandemic months of July and August 2019. We determined the professional quality of life through the QPL-35 questionnaire in 97 participants, including nurses (n = 59) and medical doctors (n = 38). Answers to the test indicate that the studied participants working in emergency departments have a good perception of professional quality of life. This is reflected in the three dimensions of the questionnaire: managerial support, workloads, and intrinsic motivation. Based on the results of all answered tests, emergency healthcare staff seem to have adequate professional management, with levels of stress, sleep, and quality of life in line with a controlled lifestyle. Altogether, this would allow a correct adaptation to the demanding situations experienced in emergency departments. The relevance to clinical practice is that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted this controlled professional management.
Materias (normalizadas)
Emergency medicine
Medicina de Urgencias
Health professionals
Personal de sanidad pública - España
Quality of life
Calidad de vida
Self-efficacy
Autoeficacia
Sleep quality
Sueño, Trastornos del
Stress
Estrés
Materias Unesco
32 Ciencias Médicas
3204.03 Salud Profesional
ISSN
2076-328X
Revisión por pares
SI
Version del Editor
Propietario de los Derechos
© 2022 The Authors
Idioma
eng
Tipo de versión
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Derechos
openAccess
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