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Prevalence of burnout syndrome among physicians of a federal education hospital
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
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Abstract 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 ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
physician; hospital; burnout; psychophysical stress; job; Latin America; South America; Brazil
Classification
Medical Sociology
Working Conditions
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 39-48
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7 (2015) Supl.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i5.39-48
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed