Personality Traits and the Sense of Self-Efficacy among Nurse Anaesthetists. Multi-Centre Questionnaire Survey

Magdalena Kwiatosz-Muc,Marzena Kotus,Anna Aftyka

doi:10.3390/ijerph18179381

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Introduction: Anaesthesia and intensive care units are specific workplaces. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of the sense of self-efficacy and the intensification of personality traits in a group of nurse anaesthetists and to develop a regression model explaining the sense of self-efficacy. Method: The population of the questionnaire survey included nurse anaesthetists from five hospitals in south-eastern Poland. The NEO-FFI was used in assessing their personality traits. The general self-efficacy scale was employed for the self-efficacy assessment. A total of 143 correctly filled surveys were analyzed. Results: The respondents typically perceived their own self-efficacy level as upper moderate. The nurse anaesthetists participating in the study revealed a tendency to high scores in conscientiousness and extraversion, and low scores related to neuroticism. The persons characterized by high conscientiousness, extraversion and openness to experience revealed a tendency to high scores related to the sense of self-efficacy. The relationship between personality traits and experiencing the nuisance of selected stressful job factors was demonstrated. Regression analysis showed that conscientiousness and extraversion are most closely related to the sense of self-efficacy. Conclusions: It seems to be beneficial to implement occupational consulting for nurses, who are starting their work or/and taking into consideration working in anesthesiology and intensive care units. The importance of personality traits and self- efficacy in relation with well-being of medical personnel needs deeper investigations.

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IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of the sense of self-efficacy and the intensification of personality traits in a group of nurse anaesthetists and to develop a regression model explaining the sense of self-efficacy
Anaesthesia and intensive care units are specific workplaces
We do not have any results in this respect for the study population, but the reference literature indicates that the doctors, who specialize in emergency medicine differ significantly for their personality traits from doctors specializing in other fields of medicine [9]

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of the sense of self-efficacy and the intensification of personality traits in a group of nurse anaesthetists and to develop a regression model explaining the sense of self-efficacy. The persons characterized by high conscientiousness, extraversion and openness to experience revealed a tendency to high scores related to the sense of self-efficacy. Anaesthesia and intensive care units are very specific workplace, where anaesthesiological teams supervise patients intensively for a long time and make interventions in critical situations [4]. Nurse anaesthetists and intensive care nurses work in situations when urgent decisions are taken concerning critically ill patients’ treatment, which means the need for immediate performance of professional activities under severe stress. Complicated therapeutic procedures executed in patients in a life-threatening condition dominate in the work of the anaesthesia and intensive care unit staff. Anaesthesia and intensive care unit doctors and nurses often contact patients whose lives are nearing the end [6]

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