Understanding and measuring the work‐related quality of life among those working in adult social care

A scoping review

Dados Bibliográficos

ID14948191
AutoresBarbora Šilarova (0000-0002-2473-2527, Personal Social Services Research Unit University of Kent Cornwallis Central Canterbury UK, autor correspondente), Nadia Brookes (0000-0002-6661-2814, Personal Social Services Research Unit University of Kent Cornwallis Central Canterbury UK), SINEAD PALMER (0000-0001-8106-3078, Personal Social Services Research Unit University of Kent Cornwallis Central Canterbury UK), Ann‐marie Towers (0000-0003-3597-1061, Centre For Health Services Studies George Allen Wing Cornwallis Building University of Kent Canterbury UK), Shereen Hussein (0000-0002-7946-0717, Personal Social Services Research Unit University of Kent Cornwallis Central Canterbury UK)
Ano2022
Volume30
Fascículo5
Páginas1637-1664
Data de publicação2022-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth & Social Care in the Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0966-0410 • E-ISSN: 1365-2524
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/hsc.13718
PMID35066964
OpenAlexW4206948878
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas110

The main aim of this scoping review was to understand how work-related quality of life (WRQoL) in adult social care has been defined and measured in the literature and to map key components of WRQoL among those working in adult social care and similar contexts. The scoping review included studies that: 1- focused on WRQoL/work-related wellbeing (and their synonyms); and 2- included adult social care or community health care. We searched existing evidence from November 2019 until July 2020 through an electronic literature search of eight major databases complemented by the grey literature, searching the reference lists and by contacting our existing network of experts in the field. In addition, we repeated the searches to identify any relevant literature published in 2021. Reporting followed the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist. In total, we included 68 publications. These publications indicate that there is an absence of agreement on a definition and measurement of WRQoL in adult social care. Based on a thematic analysis we identified six key components of WRQoL: organisational characteristics; job characteristics; mental wellbeing and health; physical wellbeing and health; spill-over from work to home; and professional identity. In summary, at the moment, there is no agreement on what WRQoL is and how to measure it in adult social care. As a result, there is very limited evidence on how to improve WRQoL among people working in adult social care. However, this scoping review suggests that there are six key components of WRQoL that researchers may consider to include in their future studies

Checklist · Grey literature · Health care · MEDLINE · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Systematic review · Thematic analysis · Applied Psychology · Health, psychology, and well-being · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being · Social Work · Gerontology