The Multifactorial Background of Helping Professionals’ Vital Exhaustion and Subjective Well-Being During the First Wave of COVID-19 in Hungary: A Cross-Sectional Study
Introduction: Vital exhaustion and the well-being of helping professionals are important issues regarding the sustainability of services, especially in a critical situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate helping professionals’ vital exhaustion and...
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| author | Attila PILINSZKI Bernadett ASZTALOS Ildikó DANIS Máté JOÓB Timea TÉSENYI Gábor TÖRÖK |
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| description | Introduction: Vital exhaustion and the well-being of helping professionals are important issues regarding the sustainability of services, especially in a critical situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate helping professionals’ vital exhaustion and well-being, concerning different groups of background variables during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: In the spring of 2020, Hungarian helping professionals (N = 931) were contacted with an online questionnaire.
Results: Our results show that indicators of physical well-being are strongly associated with vital exhaustion and subjective well-being (sleeping quality (χ2 (2) = 251.062, p < .001); frequency of meals (χ2 (2) = 99.454, p < .001)). Health and social care workers were more exhausted than members of other helping professions (χ2(4) =37.782, p < .001). There were statistically significant negative correlations between the Vital exhaustion and Well-being Score and satisfaction with work conditions (rs(929) = -.418, p < .001), satisfaction with family life (rs(806) = -.342, p < .001) and its change (rs(807) = -.287, p < .001), family-work balance (rs(675) = -.444, p < .001) and its change (rs(786) = -.515, p < .001). In the prediction of the Vital Exhaustion and the Well-being Score, the addition of physical well-being indicators to the regression model led to the strongest increase in R2 of .344, p < .001.
Conclusion: A clear and consensual framework for life and work provides security amid unpredictable external changes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d346fb532a14d998d4f3335c9d63c2f2022-12-22T03:38:59ZengSemmelweis University Institute of Mental HealthEuropean Journal of Mental Health1788-71192022-10-01172104117https://doi.org/10.5708/EJMH.17.2022.2.11The Multifactorial Background of Helping Professionals’ Vital Exhaustion and Subjective Well-Being During the First Wave of COVID-19 in Hungary: A Cross-Sectional StudyAttila PILINSZKI0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7665-3695Bernadett ASZTALOS1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1533-3743Ildikó DANIS2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0696-6338Máté JOÓB3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6695-7855Timea TÉSENYI4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2436-2500Gábor TÖRÖK5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8512-6320Faculty of Health and Public Administration, Institute of Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryFaculty of Health and Public Administration, Institute of Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryFaculty of Health and Public Administration, Institute of Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryFaculty of Health and Public Administration, Institute of Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryFaculty of Health and Public Administration, Institute of Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryFaculty of Health and Public Administration, Institute of Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryIntroduction: Vital exhaustion and the well-being of helping professionals are important issues regarding the sustainability of services, especially in a critical situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate helping professionals’ vital exhaustion and well-being, concerning different groups of background variables during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: In the spring of 2020, Hungarian helping professionals (N = 931) were contacted with an online questionnaire. Results: Our results show that indicators of physical well-being are strongly associated with vital exhaustion and subjective well-being (sleeping quality (χ2 (2) = 251.062, p < .001); frequency of meals (χ2 (2) = 99.454, p < .001)). Health and social care workers were more exhausted than members of other helping professions (χ2(4) =37.782, p < .001). There were statistically significant negative correlations between the Vital exhaustion and Well-being Score and satisfaction with work conditions (rs(929) = -.418, p < .001), satisfaction with family life (rs(806) = -.342, p < .001) and its change (rs(807) = -.287, p < .001), family-work balance (rs(675) = -.444, p < .001) and its change (rs(786) = -.515, p < .001). In the prediction of the Vital Exhaustion and the Well-being Score, the addition of physical well-being indicators to the regression model led to the strongest increase in R2 of .344, p < .001. Conclusion: A clear and consensual framework for life and work provides security amid unpredictable external changes.https://semmelweis.hu/ejmh/2022/10/18/the-multifactorial-background-of-helping-professionals-vital-exhaustion-and-subjective-well-being/vital exhaustion well-being health care workers social workers helping professionals |
| spellingShingle | Attila PILINSZKI Bernadett ASZTALOS Ildikó DANIS Máté JOÓB Timea TÉSENYI Gábor TÖRÖK The Multifactorial Background of Helping Professionals’ Vital Exhaustion and Subjective Well-Being During the First Wave of COVID-19 in Hungary: A Cross-Sectional Study European Journal of Mental Health vital exhaustion well-being health care workers social workers helping professionals |
| title | The Multifactorial Background of Helping Professionals’ Vital Exhaustion and Subjective Well-Being During the First Wave of COVID-19 in Hungary: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | The Multifactorial Background of Helping Professionals’ Vital Exhaustion and Subjective Well-Being During the First Wave of COVID-19 in Hungary: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | The Multifactorial Background of Helping Professionals’ Vital Exhaustion and Subjective Well-Being During the First Wave of COVID-19 in Hungary: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Multifactorial Background of Helping Professionals’ Vital Exhaustion and Subjective Well-Being During the First Wave of COVID-19 in Hungary: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | The Multifactorial Background of Helping Professionals’ Vital Exhaustion and Subjective Well-Being During the First Wave of COVID-19 in Hungary: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | multifactorial background of helping professionals vital exhaustion and subjective well being during the first wave of covid 19 in hungary a cross sectional study |
| topic | vital exhaustion well-being health care workers social workers helping professionals |
| url | https://semmelweis.hu/ejmh/2022/10/18/the-multifactorial-background-of-helping-professionals-vital-exhaustion-and-subjective-well-being/ |
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