Burnout syndrome in nursing assistants of a public hospital in the state of São Paulo

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Lucca, Sergio Roberto de¹  Ferreira, Naiza do Nascimento¹ 

[1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil

关键词: Burnout;    professional;    Nursing care;    Occupational health;    Public health;    Mental health;    Hospitals;    public;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1980-5497201500010006

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: The burnout syndrome is a psychosocial phenomenon that arises as a response to chronic interpersonal stressors present at work. There are many aspects that make nursing assistants vulnerable to chronic stress situations that may lead to burnout, highlighting the low degree of autonomy in the healthcare staff and spending more in direct contact with patients. OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of the burnout syndrome in nursing assistants in a public hospital, as well as its association with socio-demographic and professional variables. METHODS: A socio-demographic and professional questionnaire and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-SS) were applied to 534 nursing assistants. RESULTS: The prevalence of burnout syndrome among nursing assistants was 5.9%. High emotional exhaustion was observed in 23.6%, 21.9% showed high depersonalization, and 29.9% low professional achievement. It was found statistically significant associations between emotional exhaustion, job sector and marital status; depersonalization, having children and health problems; low professional achievement and job sector and number of jobs. There was association between job satisfaction and the three dimensions. CONCLUSISON: Professionals working in the health area must pay intense and extended attention to people who are dependent upon others. The intimate contact of the nursing assistants with hard-to-handle patients, as well as being afraid to make mistakes in healthcare are additional chronic stress factors and burnout syndrome cases related in this study.

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