Sociodemographic and professional factors influencing the professional quality of life and post-traumatic growth of oncology nurses Onkoloji hemşirelerinin profesyonel yaşam kalitesini ve travma sonrası gelişim düzeylerini etkileyen sosyodemografik ve mesleki faktörler
Journal of Psychiatric Nursing, cilt.10, sa.4, ss.241-250, 2019 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2019
- Doi Numarası: 10.14744/phd.2019.43255
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.241-250
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Burnout, Compassion fatigue, Oncology nursing, Post-traumatic growth, Professional quality of life
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate oncology nurses’ professional quality of life indicators such as compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and burnout as well as post-traumatic growth and its sub-dimensions changed interpersonal relationships, changed philosophy of life, and changed perception of self and the factors that affect them. Methods: The data for this descriptive research were acquired via a web-based questionnaire between 01 June 2013 and 31 January 2014. A nurse sociodemographic form, “Professional Quality of Life Inventory,” and “Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory” were used as data acquisition tools. A total of 182 nurses participated in the study. The effect of independent variables on scale and subscale scores was calculated using the independent-samples t-test and one-way ANOVA. Results: In the statistical evaluation, nurses’ age, education level, number of children, oncology education, oncology experience, monthly shiftwork, weekly working hours, willingness to select nursing, and willingness to work with oncology patients significantly affected the inventories and their sub-dimension scores (p<0.05). Conclusion: Sociodemographic and professional factors affect professional life quality and post-traumatic growth. The oncology nurse’s working environment should be modified to improve their professional quality of life. Consequently, it is necessary to increase educational and awareness activities for these factors.