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Risks of ecosystems’ degradation: portuguese healthcare professionals’ mental health, hope and resilient coping

2024-06-16Journal article Open access
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dc.contributor.authorMeneses, Rute
dc.contributor.authorBarros, Carla
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Helder
dc.contributor.authorSani, Ana Isabel
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T11:41:29Z
dc.date.available2024-06-21T11:41:29Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-16
dc.date.updated2024-06-17T10:41:47Z
dc.description.abstractHealthcare professionals constantly face situations that reflect ecosystems’ degradation. These can negatively affect their mental health. Research suggests that hope and resilience can play an important role in this scenario, since they are related to/predict mental health in highly heterogeneous samples (considering geography, age, profession, health, etc.). In this context, the aims of the present study are the following: to characterize and explore the relationship between hope, resilient coping and mental health in Portuguese healthcare professionals. Using Google Forms, 276 healthcare professionals answered the GHQ-28, the (adult) Trait Hope Scale, and the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (retrospective, analytical observational, cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational research design). The minimum and maximum possible scores were reached, with the exception of the maximum score of GHQ-28-Total. Regarding Hope, 19.6% scored below the midpoint (M = 43.46, SD = 11.97); 29.3% revealed low resilience (M = 14.93, SD = 4.05); and the average of four of the five Mental Health scores (exception: Severe depression) indicates the probability of a psychiatric case. Hope correlated with Social dysfunction and GHQ-28-Total; resilient coping proved to be a (weak) predictor of four of the five GHQ-28 indicators (exception: Severe depression). The results support the need to promote the sample’s mental health, hope and resilient coping. They also suggest that stimulating resilient coping may contribute to improving healthcare professionals’ mental health. Prior research (e.g., on therapies to enhance hope, resilience and, thus, mental health), to which the current study contributes, supports optimism towards the necessary internal sustainability transition.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMeneses, R.F.; Barros, C.; Sousa, H.; Sani, A.I. Risks of Ecosystems’ Degradation: Portuguese Healthcare Professionals’ Mental Health, Hope and Resilient Coping. Sustainability 2024, 16, 5123. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125123pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su16125123pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.slugcv-prod-4097222
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10284/13080
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.relationPI 21921-2pt_PT
dc.relationUFP/I3ID FFP: 219/21-2pt_PT
dc.relation219/21-2pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectHealth personnelpt_PT
dc.subjectMental healthpt_PT
dc.subjectHopept_PT
dc.subjectResiliencept_PT
dc.subjectPsychologicalpt_PT
dc.subjectSustainability factors related to healthpt_PT
dc.subjectEcosystems’ degradation riskspt_PT
dc.titleRisks of ecosystems’ degradation: portuguese healthcare professionals’ mental health, hope and resilient copingpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.startPage5123pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSustainabilitypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume16pt_PT
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