Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회지)

Korean Academic Society of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회)
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Factors related to Professional Quality of Life among Community Health Practitioners in Korea

보건진료 전담공무원의 전문직 삶의 질 관련요인

  • Kim, Junghee (Graduate School, College of Nursing.Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Jungeun (Graduate School, College of Nursing.Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Gwang Suk (College of Nursing.Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University)
  • 김정희 (연세대학교 대학원 간호학과.김모임간호학연구소) ;
  • 이정은 (연세대학교 대학원 간호학과.김모임간호학연구소) ;
  • 김광숙 (연세대학교 간호대학.김모임간호학연구소)
  • Received : 2018.04.04
  • Accepted : 2018.05.14
  • Published : 2018.05.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The aims of this study were to examine the work, client, and personal environments of community health practitioners, including the level of their professional quality of life (ProQOL), and identify the factors affecting their ProQOL. Methods: Data were collected using a web-survey questionnaire, which was completed by a sample of 308 community health practitioners currently working in Korea. The questionnaire included items on ProQOL; three dimensions labeled compassion satisfaction, burn out, and secondary traumatic stress; job stress; job satisfaction; sense of community; and general characteristics. Results: The mean scores for the three dimensions were $39.2{\pm}6.44$ (compassion satisfaction), $31.9{\pm}3.59$ (burn out), and $26.4{\pm}5.05$ (secondary traumatic stress). A multiple linear regression revealed that compassion satisfaction varied significantly according to the satisfaction with job choice, sense of community, job stress, and job satisfaction. The factors affecting burn out were sense of community and work load, while the factors affecting secondary traumatic stress were education, job stress, and job satisfaction. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that comprehensive intervention focusing on improving the sense of community and job satisfaction and reducing job stress is essential to promote community health practitioners' ProQOL.

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