Prevalence of burnout syndrome among nurses in urgency and emergency hospital system

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Objective: investigating the prevalence of Burnout among nurses in hospitals of urgency and emergency in the State of Paraiba. Method: this is a descriptive, quantitative, cross-sectional study conducted in six hospitals specialized in urgency and emergency service in the state. The sample consisted of 110 nurses. It was used as instrument the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Data were analyzed with SPSS-Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 18.0. Results: the results pointed to 65,3% of young people (20-30 years), 54,5% in situations of multiple employment, 49,1% with weekly working hours of 20-44 hours, 82,7% with prevalence of Burnout, being 59,1% in moderate level and 23,6% in severe level. Conclusion: it is concluded that the nurses showed significant levels of illness due to diuturnal contact with work stressors elements.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Prevalência da síndrome de burnout entre enfermeiros da rede hospitalar de urgência e emergência ; Prevalencia del síndrome de burnout en enfermeras de la red hospitalaria de urgencia y emergencia
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 196-205
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 6(supl.)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Wirtschaft ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Psychologie ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie ; Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Psychologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Arbeitswelt ; Berufskrankheit ; Krankenhaus ; Krankenschwester ; Stress ; Arbeitsbedingungen ; Südamerika ; Burnout ; Brasilien ; Lateinamerika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dantas, Tatiana Rodrigues da Silva ; Carreiro, Bruno Oliveira ; Pascoal, Francilene Figueirêdo da Silva ; Moraes, Marina Nascimento de ; Cordeiro, Renata Cavalcanti ; Filha, Maria de Oliveira Ferreira
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2014

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i5.196-205
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54444-8
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST