Stress, quality of life and coping in nurses working in a neonatal unit

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Michelli Freitas
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Rocha, Adriana Duarte, Costa, Ana Carolina Carioca, Marinho, Maria de Fatima Junqueira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Enfermagem Atual In Derme
• Texto Completo: https://revistaenfermagematual.com/index.php/revista/article/view/1196
• topic: Estresse Fisiológico; Adaptação Psicológica; Qualidade de Vida; Estrés Fisiológico; Adaptación Psicológica; Calidad de Vida; : Estrés Fisiológico; Adaptación Psicológica; Calidad de Vida

Objective: To evaluate stress, quality of life and relate it to coping strategies in nurses working in the neonatal unit. Methodology: cross-sectional descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, from June to November 2020 in the Neonatal ICU of a Health institution in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The study participants were 17 nurses on duty with employment contract who answered three (3) questionnaires: Bianchi Stress Scale - EBS, World Health Organization Quality of Life - WHOQOL-bref and Folkman and Lazarus Coping Strategies Inventory. Results: According to the stress classification, all domains had a higher frequency of nurses with medium stress level. Domains C (activities related to personnel administration), E (coordination of unit activities) and F (working conditions to perform activities) also presented nurses with a high level of stress. Domain F had a percentage of 100% of respondents classifying it as a stressor - Among the items in this domain, the noise level in the unit predominated (29.8%), followed by performing tasks with minimum available time (29.6%) and physical environment of the unit (27.9%). When asked how they would assess their quality of life, 52.9% of respondents rated it as good. Only 5.9% responded as bad. Conclusion: The study nurses have medium and high levels of stress, however, this does not affect their quality of life. Probably due to in the face of stress, the most used strategy is escape/avoidance. Keywords: Physiological stress; Psychological Adaptation; quality of life