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Using latent profile analysis to understand palliative care professionals’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic
Healthcare workers’ professional quality of life has been increasingly under the spotlight, even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has posed a genuine challenge for them. This study aims to describe the professional quality of life profiles of a sample of Spanish palliative care profession...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9649396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36406840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03958-3 |
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author | Lluch-Sanz, Cristina Galiana, Laura Tomás, José M. Oliver, Amparo Vidal-Blanco, Gabriel Sansó, Noemí |
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description | Healthcare workers’ professional quality of life has been increasingly under the spotlight, even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has posed a genuine challenge for them. This study aims to describe the professional quality of life profiles of a sample of Spanish palliative care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, encompassing aspects such as work satisfaction, burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction; while studying the relationships between these profiles and sociodemographic variables, clinical situations experienced during the pandemic, protectors of professional quality of life, the quality of care delivered, and the professionals’ wellbeing. Data from a survey of Spanish palliative care professionals were used. The variables measured were professional quality of life, sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19-related experiences, protectors of professional quality of life, wellbeing, and quality of care. Our research included latent profile analyses, along with chi-squared and t-tests. The results suggested two profiles of professional quality of life, namely low (32.78%) and high (67.22%). The following profile displayed a higher likelihood of having a low professional quality of life: younger professionals, registered nurses, with a decrease in their teamwork, without specific training in palliative care, in coping with death and stress or emotional training and with lower levels of self-care and self-compassion, whose patients were unable to die a dignified death. Similarly, a low professional quality of life profile was associated with reduced wellbeing and poorer quality of care offered. In conclusion, providing professionals with education and training to improve their ability to handle end-of-life care and stress, maintaining cohesive teams and promoting self-care and self-compassion are pivotal to maintaining the quality of life and wellbeing of palliative care professionals and the quality of care that they provide. |
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spelling | pubmed-96493962022-11-14 Using latent profile analysis to understand palliative care professionals’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic Lluch-Sanz, Cristina Galiana, Laura Tomás, José M. Oliver, Amparo Vidal-Blanco, Gabriel Sansó, Noemí Curr Psychol Article Healthcare workers’ professional quality of life has been increasingly under the spotlight, even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has posed a genuine challenge for them. This study aims to describe the professional quality of life profiles of a sample of Spanish palliative care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, encompassing aspects such as work satisfaction, burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction; while studying the relationships between these profiles and sociodemographic variables, clinical situations experienced during the pandemic, protectors of professional quality of life, the quality of care delivered, and the professionals’ wellbeing. Data from a survey of Spanish palliative care professionals were used. The variables measured were professional quality of life, sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19-related experiences, protectors of professional quality of life, wellbeing, and quality of care. Our research included latent profile analyses, along with chi-squared and t-tests. The results suggested two profiles of professional quality of life, namely low (32.78%) and high (67.22%). The following profile displayed a higher likelihood of having a low professional quality of life: younger professionals, registered nurses, with a decrease in their teamwork, without specific training in palliative care, in coping with death and stress or emotional training and with lower levels of self-care and self-compassion, whose patients were unable to die a dignified death. Similarly, a low professional quality of life profile was associated with reduced wellbeing and poorer quality of care offered. In conclusion, providing professionals with education and training to improve their ability to handle end-of-life care and stress, maintaining cohesive teams and promoting self-care and self-compassion are pivotal to maintaining the quality of life and wellbeing of palliative care professionals and the quality of care that they provide. Springer US 2022-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9649396/ /pubmed/36406840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03958-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Lluch-Sanz, Cristina Galiana, Laura Tomás, José M. Oliver, Amparo Vidal-Blanco, Gabriel Sansó, Noemí Using latent profile analysis to understand palliative care professionals’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Using latent profile analysis to understand palliative care professionals’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Using latent profile analysis to understand palliative care professionals’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Using latent profile analysis to understand palliative care professionals’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Using latent profile analysis to understand palliative care professionals’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Using latent profile analysis to understand palliative care professionals’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | using latent profile analysis to understand palliative care professionals’ quality of life during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9649396/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36406840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03958-3 |
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