Occupational Risks in Hospitals, Quality of Life, and Quality of Work Life: A Systematic Review

This study systematically reviewed the relationship between occupational risks and quality of life (QoL) and quality of work life (QWL) in hospitals. A systematic review was performed according to the recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guide, an...

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Autores principales: Carlos Rodrigo Nascimento de Lira, Rita de Cássia Akutsu, Priscila Ribas de Farias Costa, Luana de Oliveira Leite, Karine Brito Beck da Silva, Raquel B. A. Botelho, António Raposo, Heesup Han, Antonio Ariza-Montes, Luis Araya-Castillo, Renata Puppin Zandonadi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1780c463ca5a4c3595cee74cb6d384cb2021-11-11T16:33:09ZOccupational Risks in Hospitals, Quality of Life, and Quality of Work Life: A Systematic Review10.3390/ijerph1821114341660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/1780c463ca5a4c3595cee74cb6d384cb2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11434https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601This study systematically reviewed the relationship between occupational risks and quality of life (QoL) and quality of work life (QWL) in hospitals. A systematic review was performed according to the recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guide, and the protocol was submitted on the PROSPERO website (CRD 2019127865). The last search was performed in June 2021 by two independent reviewers in the main databases, a gray literature database, and a manual search (LILACS, MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, Embase, Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, Ovid). As eligibility criteria, we included observational studies, with adult hospital workers, with no restrictions on date and language, any type of instrument to assess QoL and QWL, any definition of QoL and QWL, and studies that presented the relationship between exposure and outcome. Newcastle–Ottawa was used to assess the methodological quality and RTI-Item Bank to assess the risk of bias. Given the impossibility of performing a meta-analysis, a qualitative synthesis was used to present the results. Thus, 11 studies met the criteria and were included in the review, with 6923 individuals aged 18 to 64 years. The studies were mainly carried out with health professionals (81.81%), women (63.60%), and in Asian countries (63.63%). All studies used different instruments and ways to categorize the QoL and QWL, and occupational risks. Only one study assessed occupational noise and another the ergonomic risk. All of them presented a relationship between occupational risk and quality of work life. They pointed to the need for measures to improve the lives of these professionals in the work environment. Therefore, studies show a relationship between occupational risks (noise, ergonomics, and stress) and workers’ perception of low or moderate quality of work life. However, more homogeneous studies are necessary for instruments, conceptualization, and categorization of quality of work life.Carlos Rodrigo Nascimento de LiraRita de Cássia AkutsuPriscila Ribas de Farias CostaLuana de Oliveira LeiteKarine Brito Beck da SilvaRaquel B. A. BotelhoAntónio RaposoHeesup HanAntonio Ariza-MontesLuis Araya-CastilloRenata Puppin ZandonadiMDPI AGarticlesystematic reviewquality of work lifeoccupational risksMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11434, p 11434 (2021)
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topic systematic review
quality of work life
occupational risks
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quality of work life
occupational risks
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Carlos Rodrigo Nascimento de Lira
Rita de Cássia Akutsu
Priscila Ribas de Farias Costa
Luana de Oliveira Leite
Karine Brito Beck da Silva
Raquel B. A. Botelho
António Raposo
Heesup Han
Antonio Ariza-Montes
Luis Araya-Castillo
Renata Puppin Zandonadi
Occupational Risks in Hospitals, Quality of Life, and Quality of Work Life: A Systematic Review
description This study systematically reviewed the relationship between occupational risks and quality of life (QoL) and quality of work life (QWL) in hospitals. A systematic review was performed according to the recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guide, and the protocol was submitted on the PROSPERO website (CRD 2019127865). The last search was performed in June 2021 by two independent reviewers in the main databases, a gray literature database, and a manual search (LILACS, MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, Embase, Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, Ovid). As eligibility criteria, we included observational studies, with adult hospital workers, with no restrictions on date and language, any type of instrument to assess QoL and QWL, any definition of QoL and QWL, and studies that presented the relationship between exposure and outcome. Newcastle–Ottawa was used to assess the methodological quality and RTI-Item Bank to assess the risk of bias. Given the impossibility of performing a meta-analysis, a qualitative synthesis was used to present the results. Thus, 11 studies met the criteria and were included in the review, with 6923 individuals aged 18 to 64 years. The studies were mainly carried out with health professionals (81.81%), women (63.60%), and in Asian countries (63.63%). All studies used different instruments and ways to categorize the QoL and QWL, and occupational risks. Only one study assessed occupational noise and another the ergonomic risk. All of them presented a relationship between occupational risk and quality of work life. They pointed to the need for measures to improve the lives of these professionals in the work environment. Therefore, studies show a relationship between occupational risks (noise, ergonomics, and stress) and workers’ perception of low or moderate quality of work life. However, more homogeneous studies are necessary for instruments, conceptualization, and categorization of quality of work life.
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author Carlos Rodrigo Nascimento de Lira
Rita de Cássia Akutsu
Priscila Ribas de Farias Costa
Luana de Oliveira Leite
Karine Brito Beck da Silva
Raquel B. A. Botelho
António Raposo
Heesup Han
Antonio Ariza-Montes
Luis Araya-Castillo
Renata Puppin Zandonadi
author_facet Carlos Rodrigo Nascimento de Lira
Rita de Cássia Akutsu
Priscila Ribas de Farias Costa
Luana de Oliveira Leite
Karine Brito Beck da Silva
Raquel B. A. Botelho
António Raposo
Heesup Han
Antonio Ariza-Montes
Luis Araya-Castillo
Renata Puppin Zandonadi
author_sort Carlos Rodrigo Nascimento de Lira
title Occupational Risks in Hospitals, Quality of Life, and Quality of Work Life: A Systematic Review
title_short Occupational Risks in Hospitals, Quality of Life, and Quality of Work Life: A Systematic Review
title_full Occupational Risks in Hospitals, Quality of Life, and Quality of Work Life: A Systematic Review
title_fullStr Occupational Risks in Hospitals, Quality of Life, and Quality of Work Life: A Systematic Review
title_full_unstemmed Occupational Risks in Hospitals, Quality of Life, and Quality of Work Life: A Systematic Review
title_sort occupational risks in hospitals, quality of life, and quality of work life: a systematic review
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/1780c463ca5a4c3595cee74cb6d384cb
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