Speakers - 2026

Title: Healthcare professionals quality of life: Evidence from cuba

Abstract

Introduction: the dynamics of the work carried out by healthcare personnel in Primary Care sometimes affect their quality of life, which entails multiple economic and health implications.

Objective: to evaluate the quality of life of healthcare personnel working in Primary Care.

Methods: an observational, analytical, and cross sectional study was conducted between May 2024 and 2025 with healthcare personnel from two Primary Care units in Pinar del Rio. A simple random probabilistic sample of 254 participants who met the inclusion criteria was selected. The application of instruments allowed the collection of data that gave rise to the studied variables. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were employed.

Results: significant differences were found in the scores of the physical health dimension when evaluating marital status (p=0.011), sex (p=0.047), and skin color (p=0.017). Sleep quality, exercising, and satisfaction with income showed associations with the scores of all evaluated dimensions (p<0.001). Age (r=0.172) and years of work in the sector (r=0.168) showed a weak but statistically significant correlation (p<0.05) with physical health; the latter correlated moderately with psychological health (r=0.569) and environment (r=0.541), and weakly with social relationships (r=0.386), with these correlations being highly significant (p<0.001). Psychological health correlated positively and moderately with social relationships (r=0.611; p<0.001).

Conclusions: the quality of life of Primary Care healthcare personnel was evaluated, identifying the factors that influence it.