Perspective of registered nurses on refugee healthcare in Lebanon and Jordan: A multi-site cross-sectional study (PROfILE)
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Hariri School of Nursing (HSON)
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This dataset originates from the PROfILE project (Perspectives of Registered Nurses on Refugee Healthcare in Lebanon and Jordan), a large cross-sectional study examining the experiences of nurses providing healthcare services to Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. The dataset includes hospital nurses who had provided direct care to Syrian refugees for at least one year and contains comprehensive information on sociodemographic characteristics, work-related and organizational factors, psychosocial work environment variables, and nursing-related outcomes. Independent variables include workload, work stressors, teamwork, leadership, staffing and resource adequacy, and resilience, assessed using validated instruments such as the NASA-TLX, HPSI, PES-NWI, SAQ, and RS-14 scales. Outcome variables include physical health symptoms (back pain and general weakness), emotional exhaustion, implicit rationing of nursing care, and perceived quality of care. The dataset provides valuable insights into workforce wellbeing and healthcare delivery in humanitarian and resource-constrained settings.
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The dataset used in this study is derived from the larger PROfILE project (Perspectives of Registered Nurses on Refugee Healthcare in Lebanon and Jordan), a binational cross-sectional study examining the experiences of nurses providing care to Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. The present dataset specifically focuses on nurses’ physical and emotional health outcomes, implicit rationing of nursing care, and perceived quality of care, in addition to the structural, organizational, and psychosocial factors associated with these outcomes.
Data were collected between October and December 2019 using a self-administered hard-copy questionnaire distributed across hospitals and healthcare facilities serving Syrian refugees in both countries. Eligible participants were registered nurses who had been directly providing healthcare services to Syrian refugees for at least one year. Nurses working in administrative or academic roles without direct patient care responsibilities were excluded.
The dataset contains a broad range of independent variables grouped into three main domains: sociodemographic characteristics, work-related and organizational factors, and psychosocial work environment factors.
Sociodemographic variables include age group, gender, marital status, and educational attainment. Work-related and organizational variables include shift type, number of working hours per week, years of experience caring for Syrian refugees, and clinical work unit. Psychosocial work environment factors were assessed using several validated instruments. Self-perceived workload was measured using the NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX), which evaluates mental, physical, temporal, effort, performance, and frustration demands. Work stressors were assessed using selected items from the Health Professions Stress Inventory (HPSI), including workload stress, lack of job preparation, and job conflict domains. Leadership and staffing/resource adequacy were measured using subscales from the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI). Teamwork was assessed using the Teamwork subscale of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), while resilience was measured using the 14-item Resilience Scale (RS-14).
The dataset includes several outcome variables examined in relation to these independent predictors. Physical health outcomes include self-reported back pain and general weakness assessed using items adapted from the Swiss Health Survey. Emotional health outcomes include emotional exhaustion measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Additional nursing-related outcomes include implicit rationing of nursing care measured using the 14-item Basel Extent of Rationing of Nursing Care (BERNCA) instrument and perceived quality of care measured using the “Nursing Foundations for Quality of Care” subscale of the PES-NWI.