Author(s): Tricia Bogossian
The present study aims to discuss the quality of life at work in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is characterized as a narrative review of literature with descriptive analysis, where the selection of research was carried out in a database, such as, BVS, LILACS, SCIELO, using the descriptors of “Quality of Life”, “Occupational Health” and “ Covid-19” in the period from 2008 to 2021. The research addressed discussions present in articles that portrayed contributions referring to the causes and consequences of the absence of quality of life at work. Studies have reported that the nursing profession is one of the most likely to trigger dissatisfaction and suffering at work. Of the highlighted symptoms are present: stress, depression, emotional disorders, professional disinterest, dissatisfaction, among others. The causes mentioned refute the idea of professional negligence, the excess of demands, the high expected workload and the present low quality of life. Such reflexes emit, as supposed, emerging needs to design strategies that contribute to quality professional security. It was concluded at the end of the study that the aspects related to the approaches manifested in the selected research points out the causes as issues of excess demands, and the minimization of quality and leisure time for these employees. As an improvement mechanism, they guide institutions that present these professional profiles to study projects that include improvements in this framework, thus refuting an adequate personal and professional quality of life.
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