Professional Quality of Life of Chinese Nurses and Its Correlation with Benefit Findings

ABSTRACT

Objective: To understand the current situation of nurses' professional quality of life in China and its correlation with benefit findings, so as to provide reference for formulating targeted measures to improve nurses' professional quality of life in China. Methods: Questionnaire star was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey of 11 924 registered nurses in China from January 2022 to April 2022 using the General Information Questionnaire, the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) and the General Benefit Discovery Scale (GBFS). SPSS 22.0 software was used for data analysis. Results: The scores of various dimensions of nurses' ProQOL scale were Compassion satisfaction was (32.71±6.81) points, burnout was (27.38±5.20) points, secondary traumatic stress was (28.44±6.67) points, and the total score of GBFS was (100.90±18.04) points. The results of multiple linear stepwise regression showed that the main influencing factors of compassion satisfaction were marital status, position, work unit level and educational background (P <0.05). The main influencing factors of burnout were position, professional title, work unit level and whether there were children to be taken care of at home (P <0.05). The main influencing factors of secondary traumatic stress were education background, marital status, professional title, whether there was an old person to be taken care of at home, whether to take care of COVID-19 patients, whether to be an epidemic support staff and position (P <0.05). Benefit finding independently predicted the three dimensions of nurses' professional quality of life (P <0.001). Conclusions: Chinese nurses' professional quality of life was at a moderate level and it was significantly affected by benefit finding. Attention should be paid to factors such as marital status, work unit level, position, professional title, education background, whether there was an old person to be taken care of at home, whether to take care of COVID-19 patients, so as to improve the level of nurses' benefit finding, promote their personal growth, provide good job guarantee, and improve Chinese nurses' professional quality of life. © 2023, Editorial department of Chinese Medical Ethics. All rights reserved.