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Original Article • Rev. Gaúcha Enferm. 44 • 2023 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2023.20210309.en linkcopy

Professional quality of life and occupational stress in nursing workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Calidad de vida profesional y estrés ocupacional en trabajadores de enfermería durante la pandemia del COVID-19

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Objective: To identify the levels of professional quality of life and the occupational stress in nursing professionals.

Method: Cross sectional study conducted between April and August 2020, with nursing professionals working in inpatient units for clinical and surgical patients of a large hospital. The Work Stress Scale and the Professional Quality of Life Scale were applied.

Results: The sample consisted of 150 professionals, with a mean age of 43 ± 8.89 years, being 84.7% (127) female. The mean of the work stress scale was 1.9 (± 0.71), a moderate level of stress. It was found that compassion satisfaction had a median of 50.3 (9.1 - 64.6), burnout of 48.5 (32.2 - 84.8) and post-traumatic stress disorder of 47.1 (38.6 - 98.3).

Conclusion: Stress at work and Compassion Fatigue were identified in the sample, especially in secondary-level professionals, demonstrating the need to implement strategies to reduce psycho-emotional harm in these professionals.

Keywords:
Indicators of quality of life; Occupational stress; Nursing; Occupational health; Psychological distress

Variables		N (%)
Professional category	Nursing assistant	26 (17.3)
	Nursing technician	74 (49.3)
	Nurses	50 (33.3)
Marital status	Married or stable union	99 (66.0)
Marital status	Single	51 (34.0)
Children	No children	44 (29.3)
	1 child	55 (36.7)
	2 children	39 (26.0)
	3 children	10 (6.7)
	4 children or more	2 (1.3)
Performing physical activity	Once a week	9 (6.0)
	2 to 3 times a week	37 (24.7)
	4 to 6 times a week	23 (15.3)
	Never	81 (54.0)
Tobacco use	No	135 (90.0)
Tobacco use	Yes	15 (10.0)
Alcohol consumption and frequency	Does not use	97 (64.7)
	Once a week	37 (24.7)
	2 to 3 times a week	16 (10.6)
Family income	Up to 4,500.00 BRL	36 (24.0)
	From 4,500.00 BRLto 6,500.00 BRL	55 (36.7)
	More than 6,500.00 BRL	59 (39.3)

Item	Mean	Standard Deviation
I feel annoyed that my superior cover up my job well done in front of other people	2.59	1.33
The way tasks are distributed in my area has made me nervous	2.31	1.16
I get angry with discrimination/favoritism in my work environment	2.27	1.31
The few prospects for career growth have made me anguished	2.27	1.28
I feel annoyed by the lack of disclosure of information about organizational decisions	2.13	1.12

ProQOL Subscale		Compassion Satisfaction	Burnout	Secondary Traumatic Stress
Compassion satisfaction	Correlation coefficient	1.000	-.416^***	-.272^***
Compassion satisfaction	Significance	.	.000	.001
Burnout	Correlation coefficient	-.416^***	1.000	.464^***
Burnout	Significance	.000	.	.000
Secondary Traumatic Stress	Correlation coefficient	-.272^***	.464^***	1.000
Secondary Traumatic Stress	Significance	.001	.000	.

		Marital status	Schooling	Family income	Professional category	Physical activity	Smokes	BMI	Age
CS	KW^*	.977	3.790	.951	2.184	3.948	2.352	.496	.436
CS	Sig.^**	.614	.150	.622	.336	.139	.309	.780	.804
BO	KW^*	2.404	.316	5.992	4.799	2.527	.286	2.192	1.365
BO	Sig.^**	.301	.854	.050	.091	.283	.867	.334	.505
STS	KW^*	1.456	2.267	3.503	.128	6.397	.280	.974	1.099
STS	Sig.^**	.483	.322	.174	.938	.041	.869	.614	.577
WSS	KW^*	1.047	1.941	2.395	2.419	2.500	2.014	1.370	.772
WSS	Sig.^**	.592	.379	.302	.298	.287	.365	.504	.680

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