Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the quality of life of nurses from the Mobile Emergency Care Service of the Federal District (Brazil) and to identify the domains that influenced this assessment. Method: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study, with data obtained from 123 nurses who answered a questionnaire developed and structured in order to know sociodemographic and clinical variables and with the application of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref, to assess the quality of life. The data were submitted to descriptive statistics and inferential statics. Results: most of the nurses were women, aged between 20 and 40 years old, married, with a specialization degree and without any employment relation with another institution. Most (72.36%) considered their quality of life good or very good and were satisfied or very satisfied with their health (65.03%). The environment domain was the worst evaluated. A significant correlation was observed between the social relations (p=0.049) and environment (p=0.035) domains when correlated with the gender variable. The women rated their social relations and environment better than the men. Conclusion: the knowledge produced by this investigation may support the design of strategies that enable reducing the difficulties related to the life and work of nurses of the Mobile Emergency Care Service. Actions in this direction may contribute to the improvement of health, well-being and quality of life of the professionals and will have positive effects on the quality of health care provided to the population.
Highlights
The Mobile Emergency Care Service (Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência, SAMU) is the mobile assistance component of the Emergency Care Network and aims to enable immediate response to the health demands of the population
The characterization of the studied sample demonstrated that the SAMU/DF team of nurses was composed mostly of women (74%) aged between 20 and 40 years old, married (63.4%), working at least for 4 years (41.5%) at the SAMU and without any other employment relation (65.9%)
The improvement of the quality of life (QoL) of these professionals can have a positive influence on the humanization process of care, as the well-being of the nurses is reflected in their way of caring
Summary
The Mobile Emergency Care Service (Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência, SAMU) is the mobile assistance component of the Emergency Care Network and aims to enable immediate response to the health demands of the population. According to Resolution No 375/2011 (Brazil), the presence of nurses in pre-hospital care (PHC) and inter-hospital care in situations of known or unknown risk is indispensable. In this context, the professional assumed nursing responsibilities and coordination, continuing education and service management activities, as established by the SAMU statute and the Professional Exercise Law and Code of Ethics of the Nursing Professionals.[3,4,5]. High productivity is required from the nurse, associated with complex tasks to be performed in a short time, due to the care of victims in imminent danger of death.[6,7] In addition to these difficulties, there are the adversities resulting from acting in PHC, which include emotional tensions, inadequate working conditions, exposure to infections, contaminated biological material and chemicals, stress, hard to reach places and violence.[8,9,10] These factors may be responsible for situations of psychological, physical and emotional distress, and work-related stress.[8,9,10] Such conditions influence negatively the quality of life (QoL) of the health professionals, as the difficulties they face may have stressful effects on the health and the care provided.[9,10]
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