Resilience Improves the Quality of Life and Subjective Happiness of Physiotherapists during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Patricia Angeli da Silva Pigati, Renato Fraga Righetti, Victor Zuniga Dourado, Bruna Tiemi Cunha Nisiaymamoto, Beatriz Mangueira Saraiva-Romanholo and Iolanda de Fátima Lopes Calvo Tibério
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Patricia Angeli da Silva Pigati: Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 02146-903, SP, Brazil
Renato Fraga Righetti: Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 02146-903, SP, Brazil
Victor Zuniga Dourado: Department of Human Movement Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos 11015-020, SP, Brazil
Bruna Tiemi Cunha Nisiaymamoto: Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 02146-903, SP, Brazil
Beatriz Mangueira Saraiva-Romanholo: Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 02146-903, SP, Brazil
Iolanda de Fátima Lopes Calvo Tibério: Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 02146-903, SP, Brazil

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-22

Abstract: Resilience is an individual characteristic that protects mental health. However, its impact on the lives of Brazilian physiotherapists during COVID-19 is not known. This study aimed to analyze whether resilience modulates the perceived quality of life (QoL) and subjective happiness (SH) of physiotherapists who work with COVID-19 patients, compared with those who do not. A cross-sectional study was conducted between 22 August and 22 October 2020. Physiotherapists working in critical and non-critical hospital sectors were invited to participate in the study. The participants completed sociodemographic questionnaires and were graded on the 14-item Resilience Scale, 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), and the Subjective Happiness Scale. In total, 519 physiotherapists were enrolled in the study. Physiotherapists with low resilience who worked with COVID-19 patients reported lower scores on the SF-36 subscales (except for social functioning) and the Subjective Happiness Scale, compared with those with high resilience who did not work with COVID-19 patients. These responses were modulated by age, sex, absence from work, receipt of personal protective equipment, host leadership, and practice and maintenance of regular physical activity. In conclusion, physiotherapists with low resilience who worked with COVID-19 patients presented lower perceptions of QoL and SH, compared with the other study participants.

Keywords: physiotherapists; COVID-19; resilience; quality of life; happiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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