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Multicenter Study
. 2023 Feb 15;20(4):3393.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043393.

Perception of Work-Related Stress and Quality of Life among Nurses during COVID-19 Pandemic-An International, Multicenter Prospective Study

Oľga Jarabicová  1 , Mária Šupínová  2 , Júlia Jankovičová  2   3 , Izabela Witczak  4 , Miroslava Zemanová  1 , Patrik Christian Cmorej  1 , Łukasz Rypicz  4
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Multicenter Study

Perception of Work-Related Stress and Quality of Life among Nurses during COVID-19 Pandemic-An International, Multicenter Prospective Study

Oľga Jarabicová et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The major focus of the study was the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers' mental health. Nurses are the workers who were exposed to pandemic-related stress, being the most affected. The present cross-sectional study was focused on finding out the differences of the level of work-related stress and quality of life in nurses of the three Central European states, specifically the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, and Poland. A structured anonymous online questionnaire was created, and then the link was distributed to the target population through executives. Data analysis was performed by using the R programme-version 4.1.3. The study found that nurses from the Czech Republic achieved lower stress levels and had a higher quality of life than nurses from Poland and Slovakia.

Keywords: COVID-19; nurses; pandemic; quality of life; work-related stress.

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