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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Fatigue and quality of life in Greek social workers

Table 4. Linear regression results of social support for predicting total fatigue a
Model Unstandardized coefficients Standardized coefficients t Sig.
Beta Std. error Beta
1
(Constant) 3.347 0.161 20.736 0.000
MSPSS-overall level of support from the environment −0.186 0.028 −0.313 −6.566 0.000
a Dependent variable: Total fatigue.
Abbreviation: MSPSS: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support.

Table 5. Linear regression results of social support for predicting general health – somatic symptoms a
Model Unstandardized coefficients Standardized coefficients t Sig.
Beta Std. error Beta
1
(Constant) 2.582 0.108 23.951 0.000
MSPSS-overall level of support from the environment −0.129 0.019 −0.324 −6.838 0.000
a Dependent variable: Overall level of symptom occurrence.
Abbreviation: MSPSS: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support.

4. Discussion process, and believe that job satisfaction dictates their
work outcomes.
Social work is a profession that promotes social change
and development, social cohesion, empowerment, and In the present study, we examined social support,
emancipation of individuals, addressing the unmet needs fatigue, and quality of life in social workers as well as the
of individuals, families, and communities in a multitude association among these three variables. It is more than
of different personal and social circumstances. The evident that there is a strong association of perceived
responsibilities of social workers include information social support with fatigue and quality of life among
provision, assessment, counseling support, psychosocial Greek social workers. According to a descriptive cross-
support, early intervention, support with inclusion sectional study on nursing professionals working at
in preschool and school education programs, family hospital emergency departments in Andalusia, Spain,
mediation, social guidance, supervision, psychosocial perceived social support was found to be significantly
and psychotherapeutic counseling, crisis intervention, related to all three dimensions of professional quality of
assessment, specialization, facilitation of individuals life (Ruiz-Fernández et al., 2021).
in bureaucratic issues, social planning, social action, In a quantitative cross-sectional study by Theofilou &
empowerment, professional and functional support, Varemenos (2024), the questionnaire survey targeted at
social management, cooperation with interested parties, 506 health-care workers coming from 14 general hospitals
human resource management and development, public located in the 6 Health-Care Region of Greece revealed a
th
relations development, research activity, community low level of social support, a fairly high level of fatigue as
development, and organization. The ultimate goal of well as a moderate to high level of general health. Physical,
their interventions is to improve the quality of life of mental, and overall fatigue were found to be significantly
those served, to empower them, and to ensure their social and negatively associated with all the dimensions of social
inclusion (Hall, 2012). support, that is, social support from significant others,
Reviewing the social welfare system, Družić Ljubotina friends, and family, as well as overall social support.
& Friščić (2014) concluded that social workers perform Qiao (2019) who performed a questionnaire survey
more than 140 different activities in the scope of their work. and interviews with social workers in China revealed that
Robbins & Judge (2013) argue that the basic conditions for the weaker the feelings of burnout, the higher the level
employees to be able to perform at their work, including of social support. Furthermore, Zhang (2016) found that
social workers, are the following three: high job quality, social support potentially alleviated burnout in a group
high level of work motivation, and job satisfaction. The of psychological counselors. In a study by Chastali-Sitara
latter presupposes that employees consider their work et al. (2020), it was found that the level of social support
important, have a sense of responsibility for the work may be related to high levels of occupational burnout in

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