Pandemic grief in El Salvador: factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults

Abstract Thousands of people have died of COVID-19 in El Salvador. However, little is known about the mental health of those who are mourning the loss of a loved one to COVID-19. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the dysfunctional grief associated with COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults. A sample of 435 Salvadorans ( M = 29 years; SD = 8.75) who lost a family member or loved one to COVID-19 completed a digital survey using the Google Forms platform, during April 2 and 28, 2022. The results revealed that 35.1% reported clinically elevated symptoms of dysfunctional grief and among those mourners, and 25.1% also exhibited clinical levels of coronavirus anxiety. A binary logistic regression revealed that predictor variables such as COVID-19 anxiety ( p = .003), depression ( p = .021), and COVID-19 obsession ( p = .032) were significant ( χ 2 = 84.31; Nagelkerke R 2 = .242) and predict a 24.2% chance of dysfunctional bereavement.

Burnout, workaholism e qualidade de vida entre docentes de pós-graduação em enfermagem / Burnout, workaholism y calidad de vida de docentes de posgrado en enfermería / Burnout, workaholism and quality of life among professors in graduate-level nursing programs

Resumo Objetivo: Verificar a associação do burnout com workaholism e qualidade de vida entre docentes de mestrado e/ou doutorado em enfermagem. Métodos: Estudo transversal realizado com docentes permanentes vinculados aos Programas de Pós-Graduação da área da Enfermagem de 47 universidades públicas das cinco regiões do Brasil. Entre julho e dezembro de 2018, convidou-se 919 docentes, dos quais 368 responderam a quatro questionários: caracterização sociodemográfica, de saúde e ocupacional, Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey, Dutch Work Addiction Scale e World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument - Bref. Os dados foram analisados por estatística descritiva e as associações foram verificadas por regressão logística múltipla bruta e ajustada. Resultados: A prevalência de indicativo de burnout foi de 28,0%, de workaholism foi de 35,5% e de baixa qualidade de vida geral foi de 17,7% entre os docentes permanentes investigados. Trabalho compulsivo, trabalho excessivo e ser workaholic aumentaram significativamente as chances de altos níveis de exaustão emocional, despersonalização e baixa eficácia profissional. Por outro lado, níveis significativamente menores foram observados nos trabalhadores positivos, com alta percepção de qualidade de vida geral, física, psicológica, social e do meio ambiente. Os modelos múltiplos das dimensões da síndrome indicaram que suas dimensões são direta e positivamente associadas com o workaholism e direta e negativamente associadas à qualidade de vida geral, mesmo após o ajuste com variáveis sociodemográficas, de saúde e ocupacionais. Conclusão: A síndrome de burnout foi associada aos professores de mestrado e/ou doutorado com workaholism e que consideravam ter uma baixa qualidade de vida.

Resumen Objetivo: Verificar la relación del burnout con el workaholism y la calidad de vida de docentes de maestría y doctorado en enfermería. Métodos: Estudio transversal realizado con docentes permanentes vinculados a los Programas de Posgrado del área de Enfermería de 47 universidades públicas de las cinco regiones de Brasil. Entre julio y diciembre de 2018, se invitó a 919 docentes, de los cuales 368 respondieron cuatro cuestionarios: caracterización sociodemográfica, de salud y ocupacional, Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey, Dutch Work Addiction Scale y World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument - Bref. Los datos fueron analizados mediante estadística descriptiva y las relaciones fueron verificadas mediante regresión logística múltiple bruta y ajustada. Resultados: La prevalencia de indicios de burnout fue del 28,0 %, de workaholism del 35,5 % y de baja calidad de vida general del 17,7 % entre los docentes permanentes investigados. Trabajo compulsivo, trabajo en exceso y ser workaholic aumentaron significativamente la probabilidad de altos niveles de agotamiento emocional, despersonalización y baja eficacia profesional. Por otro lado, se observaron niveles significativamente menores en trabajadores positivos, con una alta percepción de calidad de vida general, física, psicológica, social y del medio ambiente. Los modelos múltiples de las dimensiones del síndrome indicaron que sus dimensiones están directa y positivamente relacionadas con el workaholism y directa y negativamente relacionadas con la calidad de vida general, inclusive después de ajustar las variables sociodemográficas, de salud y ocupacionales. Conclusión: El síndrome de burnout está relacionado con profesores de maestría y doctorado con workaholism y que consideran que tienen una mala calidad de vida.

Abstract Objective: To verify the association of burnout between workaholism and quality of life among graduate-level nursing professors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with permanent professors linked to Postgraduate Programs in Nursing at 47 public universities in the five regions of Brazil. Between July and December 2018, 919 teachers were invited, of whom 368 answered four questionnaires: sociodemographic, health and occupational characterization, Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey, Dutch Work Addiction Scale and World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument - Bref. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the associations were verified by unadjusted and adjusted multiple logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of indicative of burnout was 28.0%, of workaholism was 35.5% and of low general quality of life was 17.7% among the permanent professors investigated. Working excessively, working compulsively and being a workaholic significantly increased the chances of high levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low professional accomplishment. On the other hand, significantly lower levels were observed in the positive professionals, with a high perception of general, physical, psychological, social, and environmental quality of life. The multiple models of the syndrome indicated that its dimensions are directly and positively associated with workaholism and directly and negatively associated with the general quality of life, even after adjustment with sociodemographic, health and occupational variables. Conclusion: Burnout was associated with professors with workaholism and those who consider themselves as having a poor quality of life.