Perception of Work-Related Stress and Quality of Life among Nurses during COVID-19 Pandemic–An International, Multicenter Prospective Study

Oľga Jarabicová, Mária Šupínová, Júlia Jankovičová, Izabela Witczak, Miroslava Zemanová, Patrik Christian Cmorej and Łukasz Rypicz ()
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Oľga Jarabicová: Faculty of Health Studies, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, 40096 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Mária Šupínová: Faculty of Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, 03401 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Júlia Jankovičová: Faculty of Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, 03401 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Izabela Witczak: Division of Public Health, Department of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland
Miroslava Zemanová: Faculty of Health Studies, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, 40096 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Patrik Christian Cmorej: Faculty of Health Studies, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, 40096 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Łukasz Rypicz: Division of Public Health, Department of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-10

Abstract: The major focus of the study was the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers’ mental health. Nurses are the workers who were exposed to pandemic–related stress, being the most affected. The present cross-sectional study was focused on finding out the differences of the level of work-related stress and quality of life in nurses of the three Central European states, specifically the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, and Poland. A structured anonymous online questionnaire was created, and then the link was distributed to the target population through executives. Data analysis was performed by using the R programme–version 4.1.3. The study found that nurses from the Czech Republic achieved lower stress levels and had a higher quality of life than nurses from Poland and Slovakia.

Keywords: nurses; work-related stress; quality of life; pandemic; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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