The Correlation between Psychological Resilience and Professional Quality of Life in Saudi Psychiatric Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ahmad M. Rayani^*
Community and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Department, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, 12371, Saudi Arabia
* Corresponding Author: Ahmad M. Rayani. Email: email

Psycho-Oncologie https://doi.org/10.32604/po.2024.056045

Received 12 July 2024; Accepted 02 September 2024; Published online 24 September 2024

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Abstract

In recent years, significant focus has been placed on resilience, with ongoing studies aiming to identify strategies for reducing the negative effects of job stress and protecting nurses from negative psychosocial outcomes. Nevertheless, as far as this topic is concerned, no research has yet been conducted in the context of Saudi psychiatric nurses. The aim of this research, therefore, is to determine how Saudi Arabian psychiatric nurses’ professional quality of life and psychological resilience relate to one another. To this aim, a cross-sectional study has been performed in Saudi Arabia incorporating a population of 167 (a 66.4% response rate) mental health nurses taken from the largest psychiatric hospital in the capital city Riyadh. Data collection was performed using the popular Arabic version of the Connor–Davidson Resilience and the Arabic version of the Professional Quality of Life Scales. To assess the variables related to both Professional Quality of Life and psychological resilience levels, statistical analyses such as Pearson correlation, ANOVA, t-tests, and linear regression were utilized. The findings show compassion satisfaction and burnout to have a moderate inverse relationship (r = −0.502), while compassion satisfaction (CS) and resilience have a moderate positive correlation (r = 0.594). Compared to their morning-shift counterparts, nurses working night shifts reported higher mean scores for resilience (72.70), CS (40.20), burnout (24.52), and compassion fatigue (CF) (28.11). Participants with less than five years’ experience in a psychiatric clinic had the highest mean resilience score (72.96). Finally, a positive relationship between resilience and compassion satisfaction (CS) was revealed using linear regression analysis (β = 0.536, t = 7.080, p = 0.000). The study reveals significant differences in the scores assigned to resilience and work-life quality based on educational qualifications, shift-work type, and experiences. Burnout and compassion satisfaction (CS) are found to be significantly correlated, as are compassion satisfaction (CS) and resilience, and burnout and compassion fatigue (CF).