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Na contemporaneidade, verifica-se ser de extrema importância, ao nível laboral, o uso de estratégias de coping adaptativas que permitam a regulação do stress e que promovam a melhoria da qualidade de vida dos profissionais da área de saúde. O objetivo da presente investigação é averiguar a relação entre as estratégias de coping, a percepção do stress profissional e a qualidade de vida das cuidadoras formais que trabalham com idosos institucionalizados. Dentro do método quantitativo, este estudo é correlacional descritivo e transversal. A amostra foi constituída por 42 participantes, do sexo feminino, com a idade média de 43,98 (dp=10.10). A recolha de dados foi realizada através dos seguintes instrumentos de auto-relato: o Inventário de Fatores de Stress, o Ways of Coping Questionnaire e o WHO Quality o fLife. Os resultados indicaram que as cuidadoras formais apresentavam reduzida perceção acerca do stress profissional, usavam principalmente estratégias diretas, invés das de supressão e possuíam elevada qualidade de vida - física, psicológica, social e ambiental. De igual modo, verificou-se relação estatisticamente significativa entre o uso de estratégias diretas e a qualidade de vida física e psicológica das participante, bem como entre as estratégias usadas na gestão do stress profissional e a qualidade de vida ambiental. Pode-se concluir através deste estudo que o tipo de estratégias usadas pelas cuidadoras formais que trabalham com idosos institucionalizados na regulação do stress são importantes para que estas alcancem maior qualidade de vida.
The study of coping strategies and the influence of the same level of work-related stress and quality of life of healthcare professionals increasingly deserves our attention, since these professionals are exposed to more pressure, stress and nowadays witnessing an increase in the number of cases of burnout in these professionals. In this sense, this research aims to understand how coping strategies are associated with the perception of work-related stress and quality of life of formal caregivers of institutionalized elderly. For this, we outlined a quantitative research, correlational and between subjects. The sample was represented by 42 participants with average of 43,98, and (dp 10,10).. The instruments used for data collection were the factors Stress Inventory, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire and the WHO Quality of Life. The results show that health professionals have a low perception of occupational stress, more direct strategies than suppression and a high quality of life in all domains (physical, psychological, social and environmental relations). In addition, significant positive associations of moderate intensity were found between direct strategies and the physical and psychological domains and between the use of strategies to cope with workstress and environmental field. At least, through this study we can realize which coping strategies that help these professionals to have a better quality of life, and in this case, as future psychologists our mission is to teach other professionals how to deal with stress.
The study of coping strategies and the influence of the same level of work-related stress and quality of life of healthcare professionals increasingly deserves our attention, since these professionals are exposed to more pressure, stress and nowadays witnessing an increase in the number of cases of burnout in these professionals. In this sense, this research aims to understand how coping strategies are associated with the perception of work-related stress and quality of life of formal caregivers of institutionalized elderly. For this, we outlined a quantitative research, correlational and between subjects. The sample was represented by 42 participants with average of 43,98, and (dp 10,10).. The instruments used for data collection were the factors Stress Inventory, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire and the WHO Quality of Life. The results show that health professionals have a low perception of occupational stress, more direct strategies than suppression and a high quality of life in all domains (physical, psychological, social and environmental relations). In addition, significant positive associations of moderate intensity were found between direct strategies and the physical and psychological domains and between the use of strategies to cope with workstress and environmental field. At least, through this study we can realize which coping strategies that help these professionals to have a better quality of life, and in this case, as future psychologists our mission is to teach other professionals how to deal with stress.
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Perceção de stress Estratégias de coping Qualidade de vida Cuidadores formais de idosos Perceptions of stress Coping strategies Quality of life Formal caregivers