Impact of caring for patients with severe and complex disabilities on health care workers’ quality of life: determinants and specificities. Rousseau, M., Baumstarck, K., Leroy, T., Khaldi-Cherif, C., Brisse, C., Boyer, L., Resseguier, N., Morando, C., Billette De Villemeur, T., & Auquier, P. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 59(7):732–737, 2017. _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/dmcn.13428
Impact of caring for patients with severe and complex disabilities on health care workers’ quality of life: determinants and specificities [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Aim Individuals with severe and complex disabilities, defined by a combination of profound intellectual impairment and serious motor deficit resulting in extreme dependence, often remain in hospital or at residential facilities. The aim of this study was to identify the determinants of quality of life (QoL) of 238 health care workers (HCWs) caring for individuals with severe and complex disabilities. Method We conducted a cross-sectional study. The recruitment of the HCWs was performed in five French centres specializing in patients with severe and complex disabilities. The selection criteria were age above 18 years, being an institutional referent HCW (a resource person coordinating various issues for or about the patient), and agreeing to participate. Sociodemographic, health, professional variables, and psycho-behavioural (QoL, burn-out, and coping strategies) data were collected. Results Of the 362 eligible HCWs, 65.7% returned the questionnaires. The scores of the physical and social dimensions of QoL were significantly lower, and the score of the psychological dimension significantly higher, than those of a comparison group. The main factors modulating QoL were age, financial difficulties, nature of coping strategy, and burn-out. Interpretation This research provides preliminary evidence that caring for patients with severe and complex disabilities affects the QoL of HCWs. These results support the need for optimization of the work environments for HCWs.
@article{rousseau_impact_2017,
	title = {Impact of caring for patients with severe and complex disabilities on health care workers’ quality of life: determinants and specificities},
	volume = {59},
	issn = {1469-8749},
	shorttitle = {Impact of caring for patients with severe and complex disabilities on health care workers’ quality of life},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dmcn.13428},
	doi = {10.1111/dmcn.13428},
	abstract = {Aim Individuals with severe and complex disabilities, defined by a combination of profound intellectual impairment and serious motor deficit resulting in extreme dependence, often remain in hospital or at residential facilities. The aim of this study was to identify the determinants of quality of life (QoL) of 238 health care workers (HCWs) caring for individuals with severe and complex disabilities. Method We conducted a cross-sectional study. The recruitment of the HCWs was performed in five French centres specializing in patients with severe and complex disabilities. The selection criteria were age above 18 years, being an institutional referent HCW (a resource person coordinating various issues for or about the patient), and agreeing to participate. Sociodemographic, health, professional variables, and psycho-behavioural (QoL, burn-out, and coping strategies) data were collected. Results Of the 362 eligible HCWs, 65.7\% returned the questionnaires. The scores of the physical and social dimensions of QoL were significantly lower, and the score of the psychological dimension significantly higher, than those of a comparison group. The main factors modulating QoL were age, financial difficulties, nature of coping strategy, and burn-out. Interpretation This research provides preliminary evidence that caring for patients with severe and complex disabilities affects the QoL of HCWs. These results support the need for optimization of the work environments for HCWs.},
	language = {en},
	number = {7},
	urldate = {2022-05-02},
	journal = {Developmental Medicine \& Child Neurology},
	author = {Rousseau, Marie-Christine and Baumstarck, Karine and Leroy, Tanguy and Khaldi-Cherif, Cherazad and Brisse, Catherine and Boyer, Laurent and Resseguier, Noémie and Morando, Claire and Billette De Villemeur, Thierry and Auquier, Pascal},
	year = {2017},
	note = {\_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/dmcn.13428},
	pages = {732--737},
}

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