PhD Program, Faculty of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Department of Fundamental and Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Health Sciences Campus of Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
Front Public Health. 2024 Nov 5;12:1445901. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1445901. eCollection 2024.
Mental health professionals require exceptional communication skills and the ability to maintain an empathetic and authentic attitude within the therapeutic relationship. It is crucial that they achieve an optimal balance of physical, mental, and social wellbeing to enhance their performance in this context. This necessity has sparked a growing interest in promoting mental health among these professionals by focusing on the evaluation of both Positive Mental Health and the Sense of Humor.
To assess the level of sense of humor and positive mental health, and to analyse the relationships between the sense of humor construct, the positive mental health construct, and the sociodemographic, occupational, and educational characteristics of mental health professionals who care for patients in hospital and community settings.
An observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional with a non-experimental quantitative approach study has been carried out. The study was conducted involving 130 mental health care professionals. Levels of sense of humor and positive mental health were evaluated using authenticated questionnaires, while the relationship between these two constructs and the sociodemographic, occupational, and training characteristics of health workers were analyzed following STROBE guidelines.
The study involved 130 professionals, predominantly women (71.5%), with an average age of 41.4 years. The majority were nurses (45.4%) with varied work experience and educational levels. Regarding the PMHQ questionnaire, an average score of 102.6 was achieved in the general evaluation, showing an insignificant relationship with sociodemographic and occupational variables. However, a significant trend regarding age and autonomy was noted. On the other hand, the Multidimensional Sense of Humor Questionnaire produced an average score of 67.3, also without significant correlations with the variables under scrutiny. Although no positive relationships were found between the general scores of Positive Mental Health Questionnaire and Multidimensional Sense of Humor Questionnaire, a positive correlation emerged between the use of humor and situational control. In summary, the findings suggest that the level of autonomy and the use of humor may be associated with specific sociodemographic and occupational characteristics, although the precise relationship remains complex and requires further research.
心理健康专业人员需要具备出色的沟通技巧，并在治疗关系中保持同理心和真实性。他们实现身体、心理和社会福利的最佳平衡对于提高他们在这方面的表现至关重要。这种必要性引发了人们对通过关注积极心理健康和幽默感来促进这些专业人员的心理健康的兴趣日益浓厚。
评估幽默感和积极心理健康水平，并分析幽默感结构、积极心理健康结构与在医院和社区环境中照顾患者的心理健康专业人员的幽默感结构、积极心理健康结构与社会人口统计学、职业和教育特征之间的关系。
进行了一项观察性、描述性和横断面的非实验性定量研究。该研究涉及 130 名心理健康护理专业人员。使用经过验证的问卷评估幽默感和积极心理健康水平，根据 STROBE 指南分析这两个结构与卫生工作者的社会人口统计学、职业和培训特征之间的关系。
该研究涉及 130 名专业人员，其中女性居多（71.5%），平均年龄为 41.4 岁。大多数是护士（45.4%），工作经验和教育程度各不相同。关于 PMHQ 问卷，在一般评估中平均得分为 102.6，与社会人口统计学和职业变量无显著关系。然而，在年龄和自主权方面存在显著趋势。另一方面，多维幽默感问卷的平均得分为 67.3，与所研究的变量也没有显著相关性。尽管积极心理健康问卷的一般得分与多维幽默感问卷之间没有发现正相关关系，但幽默的使用与情境控制之间出现了正相关关系。总之，研究结果表明，自主权水平和幽默的使用可能与特定的社会人口统计学和职业特征有关，尽管确切的关系仍然复杂，需要进一步研究。
