Stress and quality of life in technical and auxiliary nursingin long term care institutions for elderly

Evidence suggests that professionals involved in the care of the elderly suffer from stress and have an impaired quality of life. The objective of study was to evaluate the level of stress and quality of life of technicians and nursing assistants in a long-term care facility. Refinement transversal, exploratory and quantitative design used were as method. We used the Job Stress Scal and Whoqol scales and the Spearman correlation to assess the relationship of stress and quality of life, considering p