Changes in nurses’ quality of work life prior to and during COVID: A repeated cross-sectional analysis
Isaiah Hipel, Janice Keefe, Amber Duynisveld, Yuting Song, Yinfei Duan, Carole A Estabrooks, Peter G Norton, Priscilla Packiam, Janet Squires · 2026
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Isaiah Hipel and colleagues compared long-term care nurses' quality of work life before the pandemic and deep inside it, in a 2026 repeated analysis from Canada. The team used Translating Research in Elder Care program surveys from 39 urban homes, fielded in February 2020 and again in December 2021, with 389 and 430 nurses responding. They modeled the change with two-level regression.
The pandemic sample worked more hours and reported worse core outcomes: emotional exhaustion, the central burnout component, rose clearly, and mental health declined by a small but real margin. Then the surprise: cynicism, burnout's detachment component, fell significantly during the pandemic rather than rising. Job satisfaction and physical health did not change significantly. Their practical conclusion targets workload management and mental health support for this workforce.
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| CREATOR | Isaiah Hipel, Janice Keefe, Amber Duynisveld, Yuting Song, Yinfei Duan, Carole A Estabrooks, Peter G Norton, Priscilla Packiam, Janet Squires |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52689 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |