Measuring the professional quality of life among Latvian nurses

Kristaps Circenis; Inga Millere; Liana Deklava

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.07.003

Measuring the professional quality of life among Latvian nurses

Kristaps Circenis, Inga Millere, Liana Deklava

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Prolonged fatigue caused by work can cause symptoms which can influence negatively professional work quality and nurse's mental life. Professional quality of life for those providing care has been a topic of growing interest over the past twenty five years. The Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL), is the most commonly used measure of the positive and negative effects of working with people. The objective of the research was to translate in Latvian and perform adaptation process of the ProQOL among nurses practicing in Latvia. All participants (500) were practicing nurses from several hospitals in Latvia. The descriptive statistic parameters of ProQOL subscales and the reliability statistical parameter Cronbach's alpha were calculated

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1625-1629
Journal	Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume	84
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.07.003
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	3rd World Conference on Psychology, Counselling and Guidance (WCPCG) - Efes, Izmir, Turkey Duration: 9 May 2012 → 12 May 2012 Conference number: 3 https://www.globalcenter.info/wcpcg/?page_id=250

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compassion fatigue
compassion satisfaction
nurse

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5.1 Psychology
3.1 Basic medicine

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Measuring the professional quality of life among Latvian nurses

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