Medycyna pracyPub Date : 2023-11-14Epub Date: 2023-09-25DOI: 10.13075/mp.5893.01350
Beata Dziedzic, Maria Jagiełło, Ewa Kobos, Zofia Sienkiewicz, Łukasz Czyżewski
{"title":"Job satisfaction among nurses working in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Beata Dziedzic, Maria Jagiełło, Ewa Kobos, Zofia Sienkiewicz, Łukasz Czyżewski","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01350","DOIUrl":"10.13075/mp.5893.01350","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Job satisfaction is one of the key factors related to the work efficiency of nursing staff. Its level may affect the degree of the professional's commitment to work and effectiveness in performing their professional tasks. For a modern organisation, job satisfaction is associated with a number of benefits for both the employee and the employer. Job satisfaction of nurses is extremely important due to their professional tasks being related to the care of patients. Nurses with low levels of job satisfaction may have less capabilities to provide high quality care and thus maintain a high level of patient satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This was a cross-sectional observational study which included 302 people practising the profession of a nurse and employed in a hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. The level of job satisfaction was assessed using the <i>Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire</i> (MSQ), which was preceded by questions characterising the research group. The questionnaire was delivered to the respondents in electronic form.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The respondents obtained an average result in terms of the level of job satisfaction (M±SD 58.53±11.42). The highest rated area was the chance to do something good for other people (M±SD 3.85±0.87), and the lowest rated areas included: the method of work evaluation and the remuneration system (M±SD 2.24±0.74), the chances for advancement (M±SD 2.38±0.94) and the chance to take up senior positions (M±SD 2.39±0.88) as well as the number of tasks to be performed during the working day (M±SD 2.40±0.86).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this study, average values of the level of job satisfaction were obtained. A higher level of job satisfaction was shown by those employed in a non-infectious hospital and those with higher monthly earnings. Employers' policy should focus on improving working conditions, the remuneration system and promotion opportunities. Med Pr Work Health Saf. 2023;74(4):271-8.</p>","PeriodicalId":101460,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":"74 4","pages":"271-278"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"107593217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medycyna pracyPub Date : 2023-10-27DOI: 10.13075/mp.5893.01390
Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska Małgorzata, Adam Dudarewicz, Iryna Myshchenko, Alicja Bortkiewicz
{"title":"Impact of infrasound and low frequency noise on human health and well-being. Part II: Review of epidemiological studies","authors":"Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska Małgorzata, Adam Dudarewicz, Iryna Myshchenko, Alicja Bortkiewicz","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01390","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101460,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136261682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relaxation and strain among emergency medical service personnel and emergency control center dispatchers during the first two waves of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic","authors":"Heiko Schumann, Irina Böckelmann, Beatrice Thielmann","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01401","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Workloads of emergency medical service personnel (EMP) and emergency control center dispatchers (CCDs) were manifold. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic presented new challenges for the prehospital emergency medical service. The purpose of this study was to compare the status of stress/strain and recovery of Recovery-Stress Questionnaire among EMP and CCDs in Germany during the first 2 waves of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic both between occupational groups and over time. Material and Methods: A total of 2426 emergency medical service personnel and control center dispatchers were questioned with the Recovery-Stress Questionnaire based on Kallus. The results from the first 2 waves of the pandemic (June–August 2020 and January–February 2021) were compared. Results: During the first and second wave of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the subjectively perceived stress of emergency medical service personnel and control center dispatchers increased, but recovery decreased. The CCDs showed more unfavorable values compared to EMP. Conclusions: Health promotion interventions are necessary to counteract possible career changes or mental or other diseases due to insufficient management. Med Pr. 2023;74(5)","PeriodicalId":101460,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":"4 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135316029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medycyna pracyPub Date : 2023-10-23DOI: 10.13075/mp.5893.01412
Małgorzata Tokarska-Rodak, Marcin Weiner
{"title":"<i>Candida species</i> at the workplace: microbiota component, opportunistic pathogen and zoonotic agent","authors":"Małgorzata Tokarska-Rodak, Marcin Weiner","doi":"10.13075/mp.5893.01412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.01412","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101460,"journal":{"name":"Medycyna pracy","volume":"43 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135414876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}