Quality of life in nurses during COVID-19 pandemic

Kvaliteta života obuhvaća različite segmente života pojedinca te se subjektivno doživljava. Svaki pojedinac različito percipira vlastitu kvalitetu života. Čimbenici kvalitete života su brojni, prije svega to su mentalno blagostanje, fizičko blagostanje, društvena sigurnost, osobni razvoj, ekonomska sigurnost, rekreacija, zabava i samoaktualizacija. Ono što medicinske sestre/tehničare zasigurno ističe u javnosti su altruizam, humanizam i nesebično pomaganje drugima. Pomoć najpotrebitijima izaziva osjećaje osobne ispunjenosti, osobnog zadovoljstva i radosti. Pojavom pandemije COVID-19 pred medicinsko osoblje postavljen je novi izazov. Promjene načina rada, produljene i dodatne smjene, neizvjesnost te kontinuirana zabrinutost samo su neki od čimbenika rizika za moguće narušavanje kvalitete života medicinskih sestara/tehničara. U okviru ovog diplomskog rada provedeno je istraživanje s ciljem da se ispita kvaliteta života medicinskih sestra/tehničara tijekom pandemije COVID-19. Istraživanje je provedeno putem anonimnog upitnika koji je sadržavao pitanja iz standardiziranog upitnika Svjetske zdravstvene organizacije o procjeni osobnih osjećaja kvalitete života i zdravlja. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 200 medicinskih sestara/tehničara. Dobiveni rezultati pokazali su kako su medicinske sestre/tehničari s visokom i višom stručnom spremom zadovoljnije kvalitetom života tijekom pandemije COVID-19 u odnosu na medicinske sestre/tehničare sa srednjom stručnom spremom.Quality of life encompasses different segments of an individual's life and is subjectively experienced. Each individual perceives their own quality of life differently. Factors that influence on quality of life are numerous, primarily mental well-being, physical well-being, social security, personal development, economic security, recreation, entertainment and self-actualization. Public sees nurses / technicians as individuals with high altruism, human is mandselfless help to others. Helping the neediest evokes feelings of personal fulfillment, personal satisfaction and joy. The COVID-19 pandemic posed a new challenge for medical staff. Changes in working process, prolonged and additional shifts, uncertainty and continuing concerns are just some of the risk factors for possible impairment of the quality of life of nurses / technicians. Within this thesis investigation of the quality of life of nurses / technicians during the COVID-19 pandemic was described. The research was conducted using an anonymous questionnaire that contained questions from the standardized questionnaire of the World Health Organization on the assessment of personal feelings of quality of life and health. 200 nurses / technicians participated in the research. The obtained results showed that nurses / technicians with higher and higher education are more satisfied with the quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to nurses / technicians with secondary education