Public emergency department: the psychosocial impact on the physical domain of quality of life of nursing professionals

• Published in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 51 - 58
• Main Authors: Kogien, Moisés, Cedaro, José Juliano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 01.01.2014; Universidade de São Paulo
• Subjects: Adult; Calidad de Vida; Cross-Sectional Studies; Emergency Nursing; Emergency Service, Hospital; Enfermería; Female; Hospitals, Public; Humans; Impacto Psicosocial; Male; NURSING; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - psychology; Occupational Health; Original; Quality of Life; Servicios Médicos de Urgencia; Psychosocial Impact; Serviços Médicos de Emergência; Servicios Médicos de Urgencia; Nursing; Calidad de Vida; Qualidade de Vida; Impacto Psicosocial; Enfermagem; Quality of Life; Impacto Psicossocial; Enfermería; Emergency Medical Services
• ISSN: 0104-1169; 1518-8345; 1518-8345; 0104-1169
• DOI: 10.1590/0104-1169.3171.2387

to determine the psychosocial factors of work related to harm caused in the physical domain of the quality of life of nursing professionals working in a public emergency department. cross-sectional, descriptive study addressing 189 nursing professionals. The Job Stress Scale and the short version of an instrument from the World Health Organization to assess quality of life were used to collect data. Robert Karasek's Demand-Control Model was the reference for the analysis of the psychosocial configuration. The risk for damage was computed with a confidence interval of 95%. In regard to the psychosocial environment, the largest proportion of workers reported low psychological demands (66.1%) and low social support (52.4%), while 60.9% of the professionals experienced work situations with a greater potential for harm: high demand job (22.8%) and passive work (38.1%). low intellectual discernment, low social support and experiencing a high demand job or a passive job were the main risk factors for damage in the physical domain of quality of life.