Prevalence of Burnout Syndrome in nursing professionals of basic health care

Abstract: 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
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online ; 9 (2017) 1 ; 208-214

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: 10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i1.208-214
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53619-0
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 14.08.2025, 10:44 AM CEST