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Vol. 30. Issue 1.
Pages 23-30 (January - February 2020)
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Vol. 30. Issue 1.
Pages 23-30 (January - February 2020)
Original Article
Relationship of quality of life, psychopathologic symptoms and ways of coping in Greek nursing staff
Relación de calidad de vida, síntomas psicopatológicos y formas de afrontamiento en el personal de enfermería griego
Panagiota Voskoua, Anastasia Bougeaa,
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annita139@yahoo.gr

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, Marina Economoub, Athanasios Douzenisc, Maria Ginieri-Coccossisb
a 1st Department of Neurology, Eginitio University Hospital, Athens, Greece
b 1st Department of Psychiatry, Eginitio University Hospital, Athens, Greece
c 2nd Department of Psychiatry, Attiko Hospital, University of Athens, Greece
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Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of participants.
Table 2. Correlation coefficients of WHOQOL-BREF, Falk Self-Reporting Questionnaire and Ways of Coping.
Table 3. Correlation coefficients of Falk Self-Reporting Questionnaire and WHOQOL-BREF.
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Abstract
Objective

Our aim was to investigate the relationship of quality of life, psychopathological symptoms and ways of coping of nursing staff in two General Hospitals in Greece.

Method

This was a cross-sectional study of 302 nurses in two General Hospitals in Greece between October and November of 2015. Data collection was performed using three questionnaires; the World Health Organisation Quality Of Life BREF; the Falk Self-Reporting Questionnaire for the detection of possible psychiatric comorbidity and the Ways of Coping Scale for Stressful Situations.

Results

From a sample of 302 nurses, the poorer the mental and physical health of the nursing staff, the more their quality of life was impaired in all dimensions (physical, psychological, social and environmental) (p<.001, p=.047, p=.001). Also, while the scores in coping strategies “Positive Approach-Positive reappraisal”, “Positive Approach-problem solving” and “Positive Approach (overall)” rose, the score in the General Scale dropped, in other words, the employees’ general health improved.

Conclusion

Coping strategies such as Positive Approach, improved the nurses’ general health. In contrast, their mental health deteriorated when they adopted the Wishful thinking/Daydream and/or the Escape/Avoidance strategies. Finally, as their general health worsened, their quality of life was impaired in all dimensions, whereas poor mental health of nurses was associated with lower quality of life in the physical and psychological dimensions.

Keywords:
Nursing staff
Quality of life
Psychopathologic symptoms
Coping
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Objetivo

Nuestro objetivo es investigar la relación entre calidad de vida, síntomas psicopatológicos y formas de afrontamiento en el personal de enfermería en 2 hospitales generales en Grecia.

Método

Se trata de un estudio transversal con 302 profesionales de enfermería de 2 hospitales generales en Grecia, realizado entre octubre y noviembre de 2015. La recopilación de los datos se realizó a través de 3 cuestionarios; el cuestionario calidad de vida, versión breve (BREF) de la Organización Mundial de la Salud; el cuestionario de auto-evaluación de Falk para la detección de posibles comorbilidades psiquiátricas y la escala de formas de afrontamiento de situaciones estresantes.

Resultados

De una muestra de 302 enfermeras, cuanto peor era la salud mental y física del personal de enfermería, más se deterioró su calidad de vida en todos los aspectos (físico, psicológico, social y ambiental) (p<0,001; p=0,047; p=0,001). Además, mientras las puntuaciones en las estrategias de afrontamiento «enfoque positivo-reevaluación positiva», «enfoque positivo-solución de problemas» y «enfoque positivo (en general)» van aumentando, la puntuación en la escala general es cada vez menor, en concreto la salud general de los empleados va mejorando.

Conclusión

Las estrategias de afrontamiento como el enfoque positivo, mejoraron la salud general de los profesionales de enfermería. Por el contrario, su salud mental se deterioró cuando adoptaron las estrategias Ilusiones/Ensueño y/o Escape/Evitación. Finalmente, como la salud general va empeorando, su calidad de vida se ve afectada en todas las dimensiones, mientras que la mala salud mental de las enfermeras se asoció con una menor calidad de vida con respecto a las dimensiones física y psicológica.

Palabras clave:
Personal de enfermería
Calidad de vida
Síntomas psicopatológicos
Afrontamiento

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