Quality of life at work: Brazilian nursing literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Schmidt,Denise Rodrigues Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Dantas,Rosana Aparecida Spadoti, Marziale,Maria Helena Palucci
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002008000200016
• topic: Quality of life; Work; Job satisfaction; Scientific and technical publications

OBJECTIVE: To analyze how Quality of Working Life (QWL) / Quality of Life at Work (QLW) has been studied, and assess the Brazilian nursing professionals' satisfaction. METHODS: Articles were selected using the following databases: LILACS; CAPES; DEDALUS; UNICAMP; UNIFESP; and UNESP. The selected studies were analyzed based on some evaluation criteria used in studies about Quality of Life: concepts and domains, used instruments and investigated population. RESULTS: Of the 47 studies found, 17 (36.1%) met the established inclusion criteria. The term QWL/QLW was conceptualized in eight articles (47.0%). Eleven papers (64.7%) pointed out the analyzed domains. The QWL/QLW concept was more related to professional satisfaction, while the most approached domain was payment. Seven instruments were found, and the Index of Professional Satisfaction was the most used (23.5%). CONCLUSION: Generally, there was no consensus among the researched authors regarding the QWL/QLW concept and the domains of the evaluated studies.