RT Journal Article
T1 Professional Quality of Life and Perceived Stress in Health Professionals before COVID-19 in Spain: Primary and Hospital Care
A1 Ortega Galán, Ángela María
A1 Ruiz Fernández, María Dolores
A1 Ramos Pichardo, Juan Diego
A1 Fernández Martínez, Elia
AB This study aimed to analyze the professional quality of life and the perceived stress of healthprofessionals before COVID-19 in Spain, in primary and hospital care professionals. A cross-sectionalobservational study on health professionals working in health centers during the health crisis causedby COVID-19 was conducted. Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL) and Perceived Stress (PSS-14)were measured, along with socio-demographic and labor variables through an online questionnaire.Adescriptive and correlation analysis was performed. Atotal of 537 professionals participated, both inhospital care (54.7%) and in primary care (45.3%). There was a predominance of medium CompassionSatisfaction, high Compassion Fatigue and medium Burnout. Mean scores for compassion fatigue andcompassion satisfaction were slightly higher in primary care, while burnout was higher in hospitalcare. When primary care participants were grouped by profession, significant differences were foundin relation to perceived stress and to the three subscales of professional quality of life. In hospital care,the differences were observed when comparing compassion fatigue and perceived stress by gender.In addition, with respect to Burnout it was carried out by type of contract and shift and in relation toperceived stress grouped by sex, contract and profession. The COVID-19 health crisis has had animpact on mental health and the quality of professional life of health professionals. There is a need toimplement long-term contingency programs aimed at improving the emotional well-being of healthservice professionals.
PB MDPI
SN 2227-9032
YR 2020
FD 2020-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19039
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19039
LA eng
NO Ortega Galán, Á. M., Ruiz Fernández, M. D., Ramos Pichardo, J. D. ...  Fernández Martínez, E. (2020). Professional Quality of Life and Perceived Stress in Health Professionals before COVID-19 in Spain: Primary and Hospital Care. Healthcare, 8(4), 484. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040484
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026