Well-being of nurses and working conditions-Are polish nurses different from doctors and midwives in terms of professional quality of life?

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 (p < .01), basic place of work (p < .01), self-assessment of work situation (p < .01), as well as between burnout and: job seniority (p < .05), form of employment (p = .03), basic place of work (p = .002), self-assessment of work situation (p < .01). In group of midwives was only the relationship between the self-assessment of work situation and: CS (p < .01) and burnout (p < .01) were shown.

Keywords: burnout; quality of life; stress.