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- The study aims to compare the professional quality of life among nurses, midwives, and doctors, focusing on aspects like compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue.
- A total of 297 healthcare professionals participated, with 165 nurses, 101 doctors, and 31 midwives surveyed using the ProQol questionnaire.
- Results indicated nurses and midwives experienced average levels of burnout and compassion fatigue, while doctors reported low levels; significant relationships between compassion satisfaction and various work factors were found primarily in nurses.
Article Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the differences in the professional quality of life between nurses, midwives and doctors.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Methods: A total of 297 participants were surveyed: 165 nurses, 101 doctors and 31 midwives. We used ProQol questionnaire with three subscales (compassion satisfaction -CS, burnout- B, compassion fatigue-CF and own questionnaire (social-demographics data).
Results: Burnout and CF were average in a group of nurse and midwives, low in group of doctors. In group of nurses, a relationship was observed between compassion satisfaction and: job seniority ( < .01), basic place of work ( < .01), self-assessment of work situation ( < .01), as well as between burnout and: job seniority ( < .05), form of employment ( = .03), basic place of work ( = .002), self-assessment of work situation ( < .01). In group of midwives was only the relationship between the self-assessment of work situation and: CS ( < .01) and burnout ( < .01) were shown.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7729534 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.606 | DOI Listing |
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