Burnout Syndrome and Associated Factors in Intensive Care Unit Nurses

Abstract

Objective: to estimate prevalence and factors associated with Burnout Syndrome in intensive care nurses in a city in the state of Bahia. Methods: a cross-sectional, population-based study carried out with 65 intensive care nurses through a self-administered questionnaire, from July to November 2016, containing sociodemographic data, lifestyle, work characteristics. To define burnout syndrome, the Maslach Burnout Inventory was used. Results: Burnout Syndrome prevalence was 53.6%, an association was observed with age, tobacco consumption, alcohol use, weekly night shift hours, employment relationship, having an intensive care specialist title, number of patients on duty, monthly income and considering active or high-strain job. Conclusion: the results of this study can contribute to expanding the discussion on stressful working conditions in Intensive Care Units.

Professional burnout of nursing team working to fight the new coronavirus pandemic

“…There was a higher percentage (25.6%) of workers with another employment relationship in Hospital C, adjusted residue analysis was significant and indicates that in this hospital there were more professionals with another job than expected, being also the institution with younger workers, with an average age of 32.7 (±8.7) years, an average of 36 months of professional experience and 24 months of work at the institution, indicating professionals at the beginning of their career. The employment relationship data contrasts with another study that found a percentage of 64% of workers with another employment relationship (15) .…”

“…Likewise, married/partner marital status was also predominant; however, there was a statistical difference between Hospitals A and D, and the former stood out with a higher percentage of singles and this institution had on average four years younger workers. The mean age in the studied sample that ranged from 32.7 (±8.7) to 40.7 (±8.8) years is similar to other Brazilian studies, which describe nursing professionals, predominantly, in the age group between 30-40 years (12)(13)(14)(15) . The identification of higher mean age and working time at Hospital D, with significant differences in relation to the others, corroborates the results of previous investigations (12,16) , which describe this trend in university hospitals.…”

“…Burnout prevalence data ranged from 6.7% to 16.5% in the four hospitals, when considering the triad that characterizes the Burnout Syndrome. These findings are inferior to the results found in studies conducted exclusively in intensive care settings carried out in Brazil -(53.6%) (15) and (34.3%) (13) -as well as in Iran (25.54) (17) , as well as a study carried out in Brazil (18.3%) (18) with primary health care workers and in Chile (18%) (19) with nursing, assistance, management, teaching and research professionals. However, our data corroborate the findings of two surveys carried out in Brazil, one in a university hospital in the south of the country, with 393 nursing professionals from critical and non-critical units, which found a prevalence of 10.4% of workers with burnout (20) and another in perioperative care units with a prevalence of 10.3% (21) , thus showing that the percentages found in this study did not differ from the burnout prevalence values in the pre-pandemic scenario.…”

Stress and burnout in a group of intensive care unit medical personnel – a preliminary study

“…Researchers have shown that doctors and nurses alike are tired and overburdened with work challenges, such as high patient load and ethical, medical, and legal responsibilities [2,3]. Reported burnout levels have been reported to be often higher than 50% [4][5][6][7][8][9]. Fatigue and overload are also characteristics of nurses whose burnout stems from socioeconomical factors, as well as hours of work, numbers of patients, job title, and level of education [8,10,11].…”

“…Reported burnout levels have been reported to be often higher than 50% [4][5][6][7][8][9]. Fatigue and overload are also characteristics of nurses whose burnout stems from socioeconomical factors, as well as hours of work, numbers of patients, job title, and level of education [8,10,11].…”