ABSTRACT
Objective:
To describe the general characteristics of nursing professionals and assess the influence of overcommitment on perceived climacteric symptoms and on the quality of life of nursing professionals.
Method:
A cross-sectional, analytical study of 152 nursing auxiliaries and assistants aged 40 years or older was conducted at 3 hospitals in the interior of São Paulo state. Sociodemographic data were collected and the Blatt-Kupperman Menopausal Index, Women´s Health Questionnaire, Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey and Effort-Reward Imbalance were applied in 2017. A descriptive analysis was performed and network analysis was carried out.
Results:
Participants had a mean age of 50.23 years (SD ±7.1). Group 1 comprising 61 (40.1%) women with overcommitment had poorer quality of life as well as more severe climacteric symptoms.
Conclusions:
Presence of overcommitment seems to influence the negative perception of climacteric symptomatology and quality of life.
Keywords:
Climacteric; Quality of life; Occupational stress
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Source: The Authors, 2017Legend: The size of the absolute polychoric partial correlation between two nodes is represented using the color and thickness of an edge. Green indicated a positive relationship among the variables, whereas red indicated a negative relationship Node colors corresponds to the eight domains according to legend.
Source: The Authors, 2017.The size of the absolute polychoric partial correlation between two nodes is represented using the color and thickness of an edge. Green indicated a positive relationship among the variables, whereas red indicated a negative relationship Node colors corresponds to the three domains of the SF36: RED social role functioning, GREEN bodily pain and BLUE vitality. Alphabet letters inside the nodes indicate the question of SF36: SF6 question about how physical health or emotional problems interferes with normal social activities, SF7 question about bodily pain, SF8 question about how pain interferes in normal work, SF9A question about having pep, SF9E asks about having a lot of energy, SF9G asks about feeling worn out, SF9I asks about feeling tired and SF10 asks about how much physical health or emotional problems interferes in normal social activities.
Source: The Authors, 2017.Legend: