IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v16y2019i10p1798-d232935.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Relationship between Mental Health and the Quality of Life of Polish Nurses with Many Years of Experience in the Profession: A Cross-Sectional Study

Author

Listed:
  • Jolanta Lewko

    (Department of Integrated Medical Care, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland)

  • Bianka Misiak

    (Medical University of Bialystok Children’s Clinical Hospital, 15-274 Bialystok, Poland)

  • Regina Sierżantowicz

    (Department of Surgical Nursing, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland)

Abstract

Background: In their professional work, nurses struggle repeatedly with difficult situations that are causes of stress. Another issue is the low prestige of the nursing profession compared with other professions, which results in dissatisfaction, increased frustration, and lack of precision when performing professional tasks. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between mental health and quality of life and satisfaction with life in nurses with many years of experience in the profession. Methods: The study was conducted in a group of 523 randomly selected professionally active nurses aged over 40 years old from the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Standardized questionnaires were used, including WHOQOL-BREF, a short version of a questionnaire assessing quality of life, the general health questionnaire (GHQ-28), and the satisfaction with life scale (SWLS). Results: The mental health component was found to be significantly affected by financial situation ( p = 0.005). Among respondents describing their financial status as bad, the assessment of negative mental health symptoms was higher. The remaining studied variables—work experience, nature of work, place of residence, age, material status, having a partner, and having children—did not affect the respondents’ mental health status. The co-occurrence of chronic diseases affected ( p = 0.008) the intensification of negative mental health symptoms such as somatic symptoms, anxiety, insomnia, and social dysfunction. The intensification of negative mental health symptoms was not connected with absence from work. Conclusions: The financial situation of the respondents significantly determined their quality of life as well as influencing mental health components. Nurses’ satisfaction with life was correlated with all studied domains of quality of life.

Suggested Citation

  • Jolanta Lewko & Bianka Misiak & Regina Sierżantowicz, 2019. "The Relationship between Mental Health and the Quality of Life of Polish Nurses with Many Years of Experience in the Profession: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-10, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:10:p:1798-:d:232935
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/10/1798/pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/10/1798/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Maria Niestrój-Jaworska & Małgorzata Dębska-Janus & Jacek Polechoński & Rajmund Tomik, 2022. "Health Behaviors and Health-Related Quality of Life in Female Medical Staff," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-10, March.
    2. Bianka Misiak & Regina Sierżantowicz & Elżbieta Krajewska-Kułak & Karolina Lewko & Joanna Chilińska & Jolanta Lewko, 2020. "Psychosocial Work-Related Hazards and Their Relationship to the Quality of Life of Nurses—A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(3), pages 1-11, January.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:10:p:1798-:d:232935. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.