Association between level of exposure to death and dying and professional quality of life among palliative care workers

Abstract

LED was significantly correlated with ProQoL among healthcare workers with high LED due to the reported interaction effect. These findings imply, for the first time, that there is a possible correlation between engagement and the risk for poor ProQoL among workers with high LED. Further research is essential to gain a better understanding of this issue.

Empowering the Health and Well-Being of the Palliative Care Workforce: Evaluation of a Weekly Self-Care Checklist

“…( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) Physician burnout has reached epidemic levels in the United States, and some of the highest levels are seen in Palliative Medicine specialists ( 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ) who face unique stressors, including constant exposure to death and dying, and high levels of distress experienced by patients and their family members. ( 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ) These problems are exacerbated by the rapid growth in the palliative care profession, driven by increasing demands for symptom relief, improved treatments that prolong the lives of patients with serious illnesses like cancer, and higher levels of serious and chronic disease in the aging population. ( 14 , 15 , 16 ) In healthcare, burnout is associated with increases in depression, medical errors, chemical coping, suicidal ideation, poor physical health, and many other adverse effects for personnel.…”

Mediating effects of empathy on the association between nursing professional values and professional quality of life in Chinese female nurses: A cross‐sectional survey

“…Nurses are at risk of experiencing unfavourable ProQOL due to their prolonged and continuous exposure to excess workload (Gascon et al, ), death and dying (Samson & Shvartzman, ), moral distress (Austin, Saylor, & Finley, ) and workplace violence (Choi & Lee, ). For instance, approximately 82% and 86% of emergency nurses in the USA reported medium to high levels of BO and STS (Hooper, Craig, Janvrin, Wetsel, & Reimels, ), which may negatively influence the quality of patient care (Kim, Han, Kwak, & Kim, ; Mohammadi, Peyrovi, & Mahmoodi, ) as well as nurses' physical and psychological well‐being (Hegney et al, ).…”

Relationship Between Death Anxiety of Turkish Nurses and Their Attitudes Toward the Dying Patients

“…Death anxiety is as an unpleasant emotion that arises from concerns that are caused by thinking about the death (McKenzie & Brown, 2017). Although the positive association of the level of exposure to death with increased death anxiety may be explained by increased acceptance of personal death (Samson & Shvartzman, 2018), nurses can deliver better health care to the patients and families if they are conscious of their own feelings and thoughts about death, and the worries they have regarding death. To provide better health care to the patients, nurses need to be conscious of the needs of the patients and accept death (Ceyhan et al., 2018).…”

“…As health-care providers, nurses play a key role to provide health care for the dying individuals and their families (Bakan & Arli, 2018; Dunn, Otten, & Stephens, 2005; Göriş et al., 2017). Caring for dying people is often considered to be one of the most stressful parts of the responsibilities of the nurses and as the level of exposure to death increases, the professional life quality decreases (Hopkinson, Hallett, & Luker, 2005; Samson & Shvartzman, 2018). Exposure to the death of other individuals makes individuals conscious of their own mortality, which may give rise to anxiety and unease (Nia, Lehto, Ebadi, & Peyrovi, 2016; Peters et al., 2013).…”