Psychosomatic impacts on a quality of life of the professionals of the urgent mobile care services
International Journal of Development Research
Psychosomatic impacts on a quality of life of the professionals of the urgent mobile care services
Received 14th May, 2021; Received in revised form 06th June, 2021; Accepted 11th July, 2021; Published online 29th August, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Leandro Januário de Lima et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Aims: the objective of this study was to evaluate factors that cause psychosomatic impacts on the well-being of rescuers, with a sample of 136 professionals working in a Pre-Hospital Care service. Method: questionnaires were used as instruments: sociodemographic/professional, sleep problems through the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Depression by the Beck Depression Inventory. The evaluation of Burnout Syndrome was realized through of the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the quality of life used the WHOQOL. Data analysis was performed using statistical software R for Windows, including descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: the relationship between categorical variables was made through contingency tables, where it was found that there were no correlations between professional categories and instruments used. The factors addressed may interfere in the life quality of these professionals, which was observed by correlation matrix. Conclusion: the professionals who had alterations in the sleep index are more likely to have depression and emotional exhaustion and consequently the quality of life will be worse.
