Validation of the Recovery Experience Questionnaire in a Lithuanian Healthcare Personnel

Healthcare workers (HCWs) often experience high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression due to high workloads and responsibilities in their professional activities. Therefore, recovery from work-related stress is highly important in HCWs. The Recovery Experience Questionnaire (REQ) is a 16-item se...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2023-02, Vol.20 (3), p.2734
Main Authors: Kazlauskas, Evaldas, Dumarkaite, Austeja, Gelezelyte, Odeta, Nomeikaite, Auguste, Zelviene, Paulina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Delivery of Health Care
Depression - psychology
Detachment
Factor analysis
Health care
Health Personnel - psychology
Humans
Likert scale
Lithuania
Medical personnel
Medical research
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Occupational health
Occupational stress
Professionals
Professions
Psychological factors
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Stress
Surveys and Questionnaires
Translations
Working hours
Workload
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Summary:Healthcare workers (HCWs) often experience high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression due to high workloads and responsibilities in their professional activities. Therefore, recovery from work-related stress is highly important in HCWs. The Recovery Experience Questionnaire (REQ) is a 16-item self-reported measure covering four stress recovery domains: psychological detachment from work, relaxation, mastery, and control. The current study aimed to test the REQ's psychometric properties in a sample of Lithuanian HCWs. In total, 471 HCWs from various healthcare institutions participated in this study. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the structure of the REQ. We also used the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4) and the World Health Organization Psychological Well-Being Index (WHO-5) to assess the mental health of the study participants. The CFA analysis supported the correlated four-factor structure of the REQ. Furthermore, we found significant correlations between the levels of REQ and anxiety, depression, and well-being. We conclude that the REQ is a valid measure that could be a useful tool in research on HCWs' mental health. It could also be used in healthcare settings for the evaluation of well-being among healthcare staff.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20032734