Intensive care unit physicians: socio-demographic profile, working conditions and factors associated with burnout syndrome.

Autor:	Barros Dde S; Hospital Santa Izabel, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Tironi MO; Universidade Salvador, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Nascimento Sobrinho CL; Departamento de Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, Brasil., Neves FS; Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Bitencourt AG; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Almeida Ade M; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Souza YG; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Teles MS; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Feitosa AI; Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Mota IC; Universidade Salvador, Salvador, BA, Brasil., França J; Universidade Salvador, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Borges LG; Universidade Salvador, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Lordão MB; Universidade Salvador, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Trindade MV; Universidade Salvador, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Almeida MB; Universidade Salvador, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Marques Filho ES; Hospital Santa Izabel, Salvador, BA, Brasil., Reis EJ; Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva [Rev Bras Ter Intensiva] 2008 Sep; Vol. 20 (3), pp. 235-40.
Abstrakt:	Objectives: Burnout syndrome is a response to prolonged occupational stress that involves three main dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. The aim of this study was to describe socio-demographic characteristics of intensive care unit physicians and evaluate factors associated to the presence of Burnout syndrome in this population. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed to evaluate physicians who have worked in intensive care units from the city of Salvador (Bahia - Brazil) with a minimum weekly workload of 12-hour. An anonymous self-reported questionnaire was used and it was divided into two parts: socio-demographic characteristics and evaluation of Burnout syndrome through Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results: We studied 297 physicians and most of them were male (70%). The mean age and time of graduation were, respectively, 34.2 and 9 years. High levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment were found in respectively, 47.5%, 24.6% and 28.3%. The prevalence of Burnout syndrome, considered as high level in at least one dimension, was of 63.3%. This prevalence was statistically lower in physicians specialized on intensive care, those with more than nine years of graduation and those who intend to continue working in intensive care units for more than 10 years. The prevalence was higher in the doctors with more than 24-hours of uninterrupted intensive care work per week. Conclusions: Burnout syndrome was common among intensive care physicians and it was more frequent in the youngest doctors, with higher workload and without specialization on intensive care.
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