Quality of life at work in a central sterile processing department - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Quality of life at work in a central sterile processing department

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to evaluate the quality of life of nursing professionals who work in a central sterile processing department.

Methods:

a descriptive, quantitative, exploratory study, conducted with 82 nursing professionals working in the Central Sterile Processing Department of a University Hospital, from September to November 2017. A semi-structured instrument and the questionnaire “Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36” were used. Results: most of the participants were female, married, aged 31-40 years; 47.6% with 6-10 years of profession, and 82.9% reported working in CSPD for 1-5 years. The most affected quality of life domains were Pain, Vitality, General Health Status and Social Aspects.

Conclusions:

This study showed a need for rethinking and re-creating the labor dynamics in CSPD to improve the quality of life of these nursing professionals.

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