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T1 Professional quality of life of healthcare workers in hospital emergency departments
A1 Pérez Valdecantos, Daniel
A1 Caballero García, Alberto
A1 Bello Gutierrez, Hugo José
A1 Noriega González, David César
A1 Palomar Ciria, Nora
A1 Roche, Alba
A1 Roche Collado, Enrique
A1 Córdova Martínez, Alfredo
K1 Emergency medicine
K1 Medicina de Urgencias
K1 Health professionals
K1 Personal de sanidad pública - España
K1 Quality of life
K1 Calidad de vida
K1 Self-efficacy
K1 Autoeficacia
K1 Sleep quality
K1 Sueño, Trastornos del
K1 Stress
K1 Estrés
K1 32 Ciencias Médicas
K1 3204.03 Salud Profesional
AB 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.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-328X
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/61856
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/61856
LA eng
NO Behavioral Sciences,  2022, Vol. 12, Nº. 6, 188
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 12-sep-2024