Characteristics of psychological resilience of oncology nurses
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https://doi.org/10.32782/2077-6594/2024.4/18Keywords:
psychological resilience, nurses, age, work experience, shift work, body mass index, chronic diseasesAbstract
Purpose: to study the features of psychological resilience of nurses working in oncology departments of different profiles and to identify factors associated with it. Material and methods. The study included 60 nurses who were divided into groups depending on the profile of the department in which they work, length of service, age, body mass index, as well as depending on the presence or absence of night shifts and chronic diseases. The level of psychological resilience was determined using the Brief Resilient Coping Scale, adapted from V. Sinclaire, K. Wallston, 2004. Results. Analysis of psychological resilience indicators among nurses working in oncology departments of different profiles showed a low, medium and high level of psychological resilience, with the highest values of the studied indicator found in surgical department workers. At the same time, on average, 15% of nurses in outpatient and surgical departments showed high psychological resilience, and the largest percentage of employees had the medium level of psychological resilience, while 73.33% of nurses in therapeutic departments were diagnosed the low psychological resilience. A significant increase in the percentage of people with an medium and low type of psychological resilience and a decrease in the percentage of people with a high level of psychological resilience was found with work experience of more than 10 years. A significant increase in the percentage of people with a low type of psychological resilience and a complete absence of people with a high level of psychological resilience were found with age over 40. In the presence of chronic diseases, significantly lower values of the psychological resilience scale were found in nurses in oncology departments by 15.93%. Conclusions. Nurses of surgical departments are characterized by an medium level of psychological resilience, which is (14.65±1.79) points and significantly exceeds the data of employees of therapeutic departments (by 18.15%), in which 73.33% were diagnosed with a low level of psychological resilience. A decrease in the level of psychological resilience is associated with work experience of more than 10 years (χ2=2.38; p<0.05), age of nurses over 40 years (χ2=6.99; p<0.05) and the presence of chronic diseases (χ2=3.31; p<0.05).
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