Abstract

QUEIROZ*, Dayane Lemes de  and  SOUZA**, José Carlos. Quality of life and capacity for work of nurses. Psicol inf. [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.16, pp. 103-126. ISSN 1415-8809.

Due to the physical, mental, and emotional demands caused by work, the nursing staff may have their quality of life (QOL) and work ability affected. This quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional study aimed at assessing the quality of life and work ability (WA) of the nursing staff of a large hospital. The participants were nurses from the intensive care units for adults, surgery and emergency rooms. Three instruments were administered for data collection: the WHOQOL- -BREF, the Work Ability Index (WAI), and the demographic questionnaire. Among the 129 sampled professionals, the WHOQOL-BREF showed that women had better QOL than men due to the low scores on the physical (p = 0.029), psychological (p = 0.008) and environment (p = 0.041) domains. The WA/WHOQOL-BREF correlation showed lower scores in the psychological (p = 0.00), personal relationships (p = 0.00) and environment (p = 0,00) domains. The sampled nurses displayed a positive perception of their QOL and WA and there is a significant relationship between them, because the lower the WAI, the lower the QOL scores were.

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