The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Work Life, Workload, and Burnout in Intensive Care Nurses

Authors : Öznur ERBAY DALLI, Yasemin YILDIRIM

Pages : 207-216

Doi:10.53490/egehemsire.1155800

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Publication Date : 2023-08-21

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: To examine the quality of work-life, workload, and burnout in ICU nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Methods: Cross-sectional online survey study conducted. The data were collected with the Nurse Information Form, Quality of Nursing Work Life Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(QNWLS);, Individual Workload Perception Scale-Revised insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IWPS-R);, and Burnout Measure-Short version insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(BMS);. For a better understanding of the impact of the pandemic, nurses were asked to evaluate the questions on these scales twice, taking into account the working conditions/environment in the insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1); pre-pandemic and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2); pandemic periods. Results: A total of 249 nurses were included. Total and subscales of QNWLS, IWPS-R and BMS scores indicated significantly lower quality of work life, high workload and burnout during the pandemic period compared to pre-pandemic insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(128.12±10.86 vs. 71.46±7.37 points for QNWLS; 101.93±8.98 vs. 61.09±7.41 points for IWPS-R; 20.93±2.03 vs. 56.02±2.46 points for BMS; p=0.001 for all);. A significant correlation was found between nurses\` workload and burnout level and their work hours in the pandemic ICU, weekly work hours, and the nurse:patient ratio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05); Conclusion: The COVID-19 caused ICU nurses to have higher workload and burnout and lower quality of work-life compared to the pre-pandemic period.
Keywords : COVID 19, iş yaşamı kalitesi, iş yükü, tükenmişlik