Abstract
to identify burnout and associated factors among nursing workers working in coping with COVID-19. a cross-sectional study, developed in four hospitals in a capital in southern Brazil. Sample (n=499) composed of nurses and nursing technicians/assistants, who answered an online form containing socio-occupational characterization and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was performed, including multiple comparison tests. burnout was identified in 60 (12%) workers, with no significant difference between hospitals, but with a difference in dimensions between them. In the emotional exhaustion dimension, a higher proportion (52.9%) was found at a moderate level. Prevalence of high level of professional achievement of 95.4% was identified. the presence of burnout was significantly prevalent among nurses and females. It reinforces the need to develop strategies to promote the health of nursing workers, providing improvement in health services and reduction of care and labor risks.
Highlights
In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the disease caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) as a public health emergency of international importance[1]
There was a significant difference in all socio-occupational characterization variables between the hospitals (Table 1)
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
Summary
In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the disease caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) as a public health emergency of international importance[1]. Nursing plays a key role in the response to the pandemic, working in health services close to or in current collapse due to the increased demand for care In this context, there is an increase in physical, cognitive and emotional burdens, causing an increase in stress and suffering for the nursing staff, who in addition to dealing with the suffering of pain and death, face ethical dilemmas[4]. There is an increase in physical, cognitive and emotional burdens, causing an increase in stress and suffering for the nursing staff, who in addition to dealing with the suffering of pain and death, face ethical dilemmas[4] Other factors such as the risk of contamination faced, lack of knowledge about the pathogen, direct contact with patients, insufficiency of personal protective equipment, lack of material resources and work overload are pointed out as stress generators among nursing and health workers who face the COVID-19 pandemic[5,6]
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