Prevalence of Burnout Syndrome in nursing professionals of basic health care

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Objective: To estimate the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome among the Primary Health Care nurses in a city of Bahia Southwest. Methods: Cross-sectional study, conducted with 60 nursing professionals of primary care. We used a sociodemographic and occupational questionnaire, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Data were tabulated using SPSS, version 22.0, and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The prevalence of Burnout Syndrome was 58,3% according to the criteria of Grunfeld et al, and 16,7% according to Ramirez et al., they have found high levels in the dimension depersonalization (48,3%). and low job satisfaction (56,6%). The prevalence of Burnout Syndrome in the study population was high, as was the high rate predisposition to develop this syndrome. Conclusions: The study pointed out the need to implement preventive and interventional measures to ensure a beneficial and promising health work environment.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Prevalência da Síndrome de Burnout em profissionais de enfermagem da atenção básica à saúde ; Prevalencia del Síndrome de Burnout en profesionales de enfermería de atención de la salud básica
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 208-214
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 9(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Psychologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; psychische Störungen, Behandlung und Prävention ; Grundversorgung ; Gesundheitsversorgung ; Patient ; Pflegepersonal ; psychische Krankheit ; Burnout ; Brasilien ; Lateinamerika ; Südamerika ; Krankenpfleger ; Prophylaxe

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Merces, Magno Conceição das ; Lopes, Rúbia Almeida ; Silva, Douglas de Souza e ; Oliveira, Daniela Sousa ; Lua, Iracema ; Mattos, Amália Ivine Santana ; Júnior, Argemiro D’Oliveira
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i1.208-214
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53619-0
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST