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Professional Quality of Life in Greek Health Professionals Working with Refugees and Migrants

BACKGROUND: Expatriation and relocation into a new cultural context constitute a psychological journey marked by exposure to potentially traumatic events, the abandonment of the homeland and the effort of seeking safety and a new beginning at all levels. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to inves...

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Autores principales: Mavratza, Theokliti, Adamakidou, Theodoula, Apostolara, Paraskevi, Fasoi, Georgia, Mantzorou, Marianna, Mantoudi, Alexandra, Drakopoulou, Mariana, Misouridou, Evdokia
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Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8385739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34483735
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2021.33.94-99
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author Mavratza, Theokliti
Adamakidou, Theodoula
Apostolara, Paraskevi
Fasoi, Georgia
Mantzorou, Marianna
Mantoudi, Alexandra
Drakopoulou, Mariana
Misouridou, Evdokia
author_facet Mavratza, Theokliti
Adamakidou, Theodoula
Apostolara, Paraskevi
Fasoi, Georgia
Mantzorou, Marianna
Mantoudi, Alexandra
Drakopoulou, Mariana
Misouridou, Evdokia
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description BACKGROUND: Expatriation and relocation into a new cultural context constitute a psychological journey marked by exposure to potentially traumatic events, the abandonment of the homeland and the effort of seeking safety and a new beginning at all levels. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the Professional Quality of Life in Greek health professionals working with refugees and migrants. METHODS: The Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL V) and a demographic and work-related characteristics questionnaire were distributed to 90 health professionals working with migrants and refugees. RESULTS: 25.6% of participants reported high CF risk while 75.7% expressed high to moderate potential for CS. Awareness of the factors associated with CF may help health professionals to prevent or offset the development of this condition. CONCLUSION: A compassionate organizational culture, clinical supervision and on-going education may protect health professionals working with migrants and refugees from absorbing or internalizing unmanageable emotions which may lead to compassion fatigue and also help them to gain a deeper understanding of their communication and interactions during the emotionally laden moments of trauma care.
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spelling pubmed-83857392021-09-02 Professional Quality of Life in Greek Health Professionals Working with Refugees and Migrants Mavratza, Theokliti Adamakidou, Theodoula Apostolara, Paraskevi Fasoi, Georgia Mantzorou, Marianna Mantoudi, Alexandra Drakopoulou, Mariana Misouridou, Evdokia Mater Sociomed Original Paper BACKGROUND: Expatriation and relocation into a new cultural context constitute a psychological journey marked by exposure to potentially traumatic events, the abandonment of the homeland and the effort of seeking safety and a new beginning at all levels. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the Professional Quality of Life in Greek health professionals working with refugees and migrants. METHODS: The Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL V) and a demographic and work-related characteristics questionnaire were distributed to 90 health professionals working with migrants and refugees. RESULTS: 25.6% of participants reported high CF risk while 75.7% expressed high to moderate potential for CS. Awareness of the factors associated with CF may help health professionals to prevent or offset the development of this condition. CONCLUSION: A compassionate organizational culture, clinical supervision and on-going education may protect health professionals working with migrants and refugees from absorbing or internalizing unmanageable emotions which may lead to compassion fatigue and also help them to gain a deeper understanding of their communication and interactions during the emotionally laden moments of trauma care. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2021-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8385739/ /pubmed/34483735 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2021.33.94-99 Text en © 2021 Theokliti Mavratza, Paraskevi Apostolara, Theodoula Adamakidou, Georgia Fasoi, Marianna Mantzorou, Alexandra Mantoudi, Mariana Drakopoulou, Evdokia Misouridou https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Adamakidou, Theodoula
Apostolara, Paraskevi
Fasoi, Georgia
Mantzorou, Marianna
Mantoudi, Alexandra
Drakopoulou, Mariana
Misouridou, Evdokia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8385739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34483735
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2021.33.94-99
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