QUALITY OF LIFE OF INTENSIVE DOCTORS: A TRANSVERSAL STUDY

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Kelly Jéssica Trindade
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Silva, Denison Santos, Porto, Alline Oliveira da Silva, Pinheiro, Fernanda Gomes de Magalhães Soares, Souza, Gustavo Melo Rios, Bonfim, Natália Sampaio Carvalho, Nogueira, Eduardo Enrico Ferrari, Araújo, Damião da Conceição
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Atenção à Saúde
• Texto Completo: http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_ciencias_saude/article/view/4792
• topic: Qualidade de vida; unidades de terapia intensiva; profissionais médicos; saúde do trabalhador; Quality of life; intensive care units; medical professionals; worker's health

Introduction: The environment of the intensive care unit triggers stress in medical professionals, affecting the quality of life of these professionals. Objective: To verify the quality of life of doctors working in intensive care units in the city of Aracaju, Sergipe. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was performed at twelve intensive care units in the city of Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, with a sample of 131 doctors. A questionnaire was applied to characterize the sociodemographic profile and the World Health Organization's Quality of Life-Bref (WHOQOL-bref). The data were stored and analyzed with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Science program version 21.0. Results: Doctors quality of life was considered poor (68.9%). Changes in the physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains of the WHOQOL-bref demonstrated a distinct influence on the QoL of physicians. Other variables such as training time, workload and age were also associated with the outcome. Conclusion: The doctors who work in the intensive care units of the municipality of Aracaju, Sergipe, have poor quality of life. This study raises the need for more research to be done on the subject.