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. 2020 Jan 24;17(3):755.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030755.

Psychosocial Work-Related Hazards and Their Relationship to the Quality of Life of Nurses-a Cross-Sectional Study

Bianka Misiak  1 , Regina Sierżantowicz  2 , Elżbieta Krajewska-Kułak  3 , Karolina Lewko  4 , Joanna Chilińska  5 , Jolanta Lewko  3
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Psychosocial Work-Related Hazards and Their Relationship to the Quality of Life of Nurses-a Cross-Sectional Study

Bianka Misiak et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Nursing requires a commitment to work and care for the well-being of the patient, which is a great mental and physical burden for the nurse. As a result of exposure to adverse psychosocial work conditions and experiencing the resulting work-related stress, the problem of burnout is becoming more common. The aim of the study was to assess the psychosocial work conditions and their relationship to quality of life in the studied group of nurses.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 523 randomly selected professionally active registered nurses. The study was based on a diagnostic survey using standardized psychometric questionnaires: The Psychosocial Working Conditions Questionnaire and the quality of life WHOQOL-Bref.

Results: Respondents with a better education assessed the level of demands at work to be higher (p = 0.000); however, they were also more satisfied in the well-being category (p = 0.020). Shift work was associated with a worse perception of psychosocial work conditions in almost all considered domains. The strongest correlations were between the scale of well-being and the assessment of quality of life in the somatic and psychological domains.

Conclusion: Nurses doing shift work assessed working conditions as being worse in all domains. They felt the mental and physical burden the most. Psychosocial work conditions were assessed to be better by nurses working in management positions. The strongest correlations were between the scale of well-being and the assessment of quality of life in the somatic and psychological domains.

Keywords: health; nurses; work.

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