Produção Nacional
Prevalence of burnout syndrome in intensivist doctors in five Brazilian capitals
2016; Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira; Volume: 28; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5935/0103-507x.20160053
ISSN1982-4335
AutoresMárcia Oliveira Staffa Tironi, José Teles, Dalton de Souza Barros, Débora Feijó Villas Bôas Vieira, Colbert Martins da Silva Filho, Davi Félix Martins Júnior, Marcos Almeida Matos, Carlito Lopes Nascimento Sobrinho,
Tópico(s)Stress and Burnout Research
ResumoTo estimate the prevalence of burnout in intensivist doctors working in adult, pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in five Brazilian capitals.Descriptive epidemiological study with a random sample stratified by conglomerate with 180 intensivist doctors from five capitals representing the Brazilian geographic regions: Porto Alegre (RS), Sao Paulo (SP), Salvador (BA), Goiania (GO) and Belem (PA). A self-administered questionnaire examining sociodemographic data and the level of burnout was evaluated through the Maslach Burnout Inventory.A total of 180 doctors were evaluated, of which 54.4% were female. The average age was 39 ± 8.1 years, 63.4% had specialization as the highest degree, 55.7% had up to 10 years of work experience in an intensive care unit, and 46.1% had the title intensive care specialist. Most (50.3%) had weekly workloads between 49 and 72 hours, and the most frequent employee type was salaried. High levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and inefficacy were found (50.6%, 26.1% and 15.0%, respectively). The prevalence of burnout was 61.7% when considering a high level in at least one dimension and 5% with a high level in three dimensions simultaneously.A high prevalence of burnout syndrome among intensivist doctors was observed. Strategies for the promotion and protection of health in these workers must be discussed and implemented in hospitals.
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