Open AccessQuality of life and working context of nursing professionals of the Family Health Strategy
Author(s) -
Ana Luísa Nunes Marques,
Maria Beatriz Guimarães Ferreira,
Joyce Mara Gabriel Duarte,
Nara dos Santos Costa,
Vanderlei José Haas,
Ana Lúcia de Assis Simões
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
rev rene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-6783
pISSN - 1517-3852
DOI - 10.15253/2175-6783.2015000500008
Subject(s) - observational study , context (archaeology) , quality of life (healthcare) , scale (ratio) , psychology , exploratory factor analysis , nursing , quality (philosophy) , work (physics) , social environment , health professionals , applied psychology , gerontology , medicine , health care , sociology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , geography , social science , political science , philosophy , archaeology , mechanical engineering , cartography , epistemology , pathology , law , engineering
Objective: to examine the relationship between working context and quality of life of nursing professionals of the FamilyHealth Strategy. Methods: observational, cross-sectional study with quantitative approach accomplished with 50 nursingprofessionals from urban and rural areas. Participants answered a questionnaire of socio-demographic and professionalcharacterization, the Work Context Assessment Scale and WHOQOL-brief. Data were submitted to exploratory and bivariateanalysis. Results: predominance of women, married, belonging to economic classes C/D and with only one employmentbond. The factor Work Organization and the Social domain had higher mean scores, while Socio-professional relations andthe Environmental domain, lower scores. Descriptively, there was a negative correlation between all the factors of the workcontext and the Physical, Psychological and Social domains. Conclusion: inadequate conditions to work practice, lack oforganization and the difficulty in social relationships negatively impact the quality of life of nursing professionals.