Assessment of dispositional optimism’ level in nurses of therapeutic and surgical departments
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https://doi.org/10.32782/2077-6594/2024.2/15Keywords:
optimism, pessimism, nurses, departmentAbstract
Purpose: to assess the level of dispositional optimism among nurses of therapeutic and surgical departments. Materials and methods. 45 nurses participating in the study, who were trained at ongoing courses of professional development and retraining of junior medical and pharmaceutical specialists. The level of dispositional optimism was determined using a validated questionnaire adapted from O.A. Sychov and scales from official available sources, the content and essence of which is identical to the Ukrainian version. Results. The analysis of the aspects of dispositional optimism among nurses showed that its value was probably higher among the employees of surgical departments by 23.25% compared to the data of nurses of a therapeutic profile. At the same time, when dividing by the level of optimism/pessimism, a probable predominance of low optimism among nurses of therapeutic departments and high optimism among nurses of surgical departments was established (p=0.045). The analysis of the components of optimism showed an overwhelming majority of positive responses to the statements «in uncertain situations, I usually hope for the best» (52.17%) and «in general, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad things» (39.13%) among nurses of a surgical profile, which, however, probably did not differ from the data of nurses of therapeutic departments. When assessing other aspects of dispositional optimism among nurses of different profiles, it was found that probably more nurses of surgical departments believe that it is important for them to always be busy, compared to nurses of therapeutic departments, which positively affects optimism.. Conclusions. The level of dispositional optimism among nurses of surgical departments is (16.70±3.87) points, which is probably higher than this indicator among nurses of therapeutic departments (p=0.022), while the main components of optimism are hoping for the best in uncertain situations and expecting more good than bad.
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