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Health care workers strategies for coping with stress

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Łukasiewicz J., Kaczmarek B. L. J.

Working as a doctor, nurse, and midwife is associated with great responsibility for the health and life of patients. It is a source of many burdens, which result in marked, chronic stress leading to professional burnout and related consequences affecting all spheres of life. The research aimed to analyze healthcare workers’ preferred stress-coping strategies. The study encompassed 134 healthcare workers practicing the profession of doctor, nurse, and midwife, working in the cities of Lublin in the period from May 2022 to February 2023. We employed a self-made questionnaire and the Stress Coping Inventory (Mini-COPE). The PS IMAGO 9.0 program was used for the calculations and analysis of the results. The strategies of coping with stress most often used by doctors, nurses, and midwives were based on active coping and planning. The three surveyed groups of healthcare workers differ statistically significantly in using the denial strategy. Nurses are more likely than physicians to use denial as a coping strategy. There were no statistically significant differences in the remaining strategies of coping with stress. Healthcare workers in stressful situations often choose active ways of dealing with them, especially active coping and planning. An important factor that strengthens the choice of active strategies for coping with stress seems to be training aimed at improving the professional qualifications of healthcare workers.

Czy lekarze prowadzą zdrowszy styl życia niż w czasie, gdy byli studentami?

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Klocek T. S., Witek P., Wawrzonkowski P., Binek A., Woźniak N., Krzych Ł.

Annales Academiae Medicae Silesiensis

2023

issue 77

17-24

INTRODUCTION: Lifestyle is a major determinant of health, but this can change over time. Students tend to have worse health behaviors than adults. This interesting phenomenon has not been verified in relation to the medical community. The aim of this study was to evaluate the lifestyle of physicians and compare it with their habits from their student years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2020 using an original questionnaire assessing various lifestyle elements that were classified as “healthy” or “unhealthy” based on World Health Organization recommendations. 112 physicians (64.3% male and 35.7% female) with a median age of 37 years (IQR 36–38) participated in the study. The results were compared with data obtained in this group from the same questionnaire distributed between 2003 and 2005, i.e. when the subjects were medical students. RESULTS: Significant favorable changes were observed regarding less frequent consumption of meals with a high content of table salt (p < 0.01) and increased consumption of fruits and vegetables (p < 0.01). An increased frequency of coffee drinking was observed (p < 0.01). Their dietary habits and stimulant use remained unchanged. There were no differences in physical activity, the occurrence of stress or its nature (mobilizing or destabilizing). CONCLUSIONS: The lifestyles of physicians do not change significantly compared to their student years, which may be related to the habits from their youth.

WSTĘP: Styl życia jest głównym determinantem zdrowia, może jednak zmieniać się z biegiem lat. Studentów cechują zwykle „gorsze” zachowania zdrowotne niż te u osób dorosłych. To ciekawe zjawisko nie było badane w środowisku lekarskim. Celem pracy była ocena stylu życia lekarzy w porównaniu z ich zachowaniami z lat studenckich. MATERIAŁ I METODY: Badanie przekrojowe przeprowadzono w 2020 r. z wykorzystaniem autorskiego kwestionariusza oceniającego różne elementy stylu życia, które klasyfikowano jako „zdrowe” lub „niezdrowe” na podstawie rekomendacji Światowej Organizacji Zdrowia. W badaniu uczestniczyło 112 lekarzy (64,3% mężczyzn i 35,7% kobiet); mediana wieku wynosiła 37 lat (IQR 36–38). Wyniki porównano z danymi otrzymanymi w tej grupie na podstawie tego samego kwestionariusza dystrybuowanego w latach 2003–2005, tj. gdy badani byli studentami medycyny. WYNIKI: Zaobserwowano istotne, korzystne zmiany dotyczące rzadszego spożycia posiłków z dużą zawartością soli kuchennej (p < 0,01) oraz częstszego spożycia warzyw i owoców (p < 0,01). Zaobserwowano zwiększenie częstości picia kawy (p < 0,01). W pozostałym zakresie nawyki żywieniowe i stosowanie używek pozostawały niezmienne. Nie stwierdzono różnic dotyczących aktywności fizycznej, występowania stresu oraz jego charakteru (mobilizujący/destabilizujący). WNIOSKI: Styl życia lekarzy nie zmienia się znacząco w porównaniu z latami studenckimi, co można wiązać z przyzwyczajeniami z lat młodości.

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Czy lekarze prowadzą zdrowszy styl życia niż w czasie, gdy byli studentami?