Prevalence of burnout syndrome among physicians of a federal education hospital

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Objective: to estimate the prevalence of burnout syndrome among physicians of a federal education hospital in the state of Paraiba/Brazil. Method: a descriptive and observational study, which involved 134 doctors randomly chosen among medical residents, professors of the ufpb and federal physicians from the institution. three sets of questionnaires were used: socio-demographic and professional, mbi-hss and itra. the data were statistically analyzed with the aid of the spss-18.0. Results: it was detected a prevalence of the syndrome of 81,34% and the predominant features among respondents suffering from burnout were: young adult, with children, unmarried, early career working in various health institutions, with delicate relationship with supervisors in various activities and tasks with poorly defined. Conclusions: it was concluded that the burnout syndrome was highly prevalent in the workplace hospital doctor and should be target of public policies to reduce stress from this kind of work.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Prevalência da síndrome de burnout em médicos de uma instituição hospitalar federal de ensino ; Prevalencia del síndrome de burnout en médicos de un hospital en la educación federal
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 39-48
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7(Supl.)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Wirtschaft ; Medizinsoziologie ; Arbeitswelt ; Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie ; Arzt ; Krankenhaus ; Burnout ; Stress ; Arbeitsplatz ; Lateinamerika ; Südamerika ; Brasilien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Carreiro, Bruno Oliveira ; Dantas, Tatiana Rodrigues da Silva ; Pascoal, Francilene Figueirêdo da Silva ; Moraes, Marina Nascimento de ; Cordeiro, Renata Cavalcanti ; Filha, Maria de Oliveira Ferreira
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i5.39-48
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53962-6
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST