Evaluation of burnout levels among healthcare staff in anesthesiology departments in Greece - Is there a connection with anxiety and depression?

Autor: Toska A; Laboratory of Clinical Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece - Open Hellenic University, Patra, Greece., Ralli S; School of Social Sciences, Open Hellenic University, Patra, Greece., Fradelos EC; Laboratory of Clinical Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece - Open Hellenic University, Patra, Greece., Dimitriadou I; Laboratory of Clinical Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece., Christakis A; Laboratory of Clinical Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece., Vus V; Institute for Social and Political Psychology NAES Ukraine., Saridi M; Laboratory of Clinical Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece - Open Hellenic University, Patra, Greece.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: AIMS public health [AIMS Public Health] 2024 Apr 19; Vol. 11 (2), pp. 543-556. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 19 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.3934/publichealth.2024027
Abstrakt: Introduction: Healthcare workers in anesthesiology departments often experience burnout syndrome, which may be combined with anxiety and depression.
Aim: The study aimed to assess the levels of burnout among nurses and physicians working in anesthesiology departments in public hospitals in Attica and to investigate a possible correlation between burnout, anxiety, and depression.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted on physicians and nurses working in anesthesiology departments in public hospitals in Attica, Greece. A questionnaire was distributed electronically using the snowball sampling method, including questions about demographic characteristics, burnout, anxiety, and depression.
Results: Physicians and nurses in anesthesiology departments were found to have moderate levels of burnout, and normal/low levels of anxiety and depression. More specifically, it was found that 2% of physicians and 14.4% of nurses had extremely elevated levels of burnout. On the other hand, 6.1% of physicians and 23.7% of nurses had high anxiety, while 6.1% of physicians and 15.5% of nurses had elevated levels of depression. Females ( p = 0.008), staff aged 45-55 ( p = 0.021), lower educational level ( p = 0.025), nurses ( p = 0.001), more than 21 years of service ( p = 0.001), and having children ( p = 0.008) were determinants of greater levels of personal burnout. Work-related burnout correlated with having children ( p = 0.017), whereas client-related burnout was significantly higher for nurses ( p = 0.002). In addition, a correlation was found between anxiety, depression, and increased levels of burnout ( p = 0.000).
Conclusions: As physicians and nurses working in anesthesiology departments have stressful jobs and work long hours, it is important to further study their physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion as well as psychological resilience levels.
Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest: Evangelos C. Fradelos is an editorial board member for AIMS Public Health and was not involved in the editorial review or the decision to publish this article. All authors declare that there are no competing interests.
(© 2024 the Author(s), licensee AIMS Press.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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