scholarly journals "BURNOUT" SYNDROME AMONG TEACHERS AND A MODEL FOR ITS DIAGNOSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (Suppl.1) ◽  
pp. 315-322
Author(s):  
Iv. Prokopov ◽  
M. Legurska ◽  
V. Mircheva

The present study explains the cause of "burnout" among teachers and offers the author's model for its diagnosis. Burnout syndrome can easily be called a "modern teacher's disease" due to the fact that it mainly affects the professional group of teachers. In the present study we aim to present a brief analysis of the problem and to offer a methodology for diagnosing and self-diagnosing "burnout" among teachers. The relevance of the research is related to the teachers` high workload of and the problem of the aging teachers, who often complain of exhaustion, lack of motivation, unwillingness to work. This raises the question of the specific working conditions that lead to diseases of the professional group of teachers. For this reason it is necessary to periodically take measures for the prevention of "burnout" syndrome.

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-195
Author(s):  
Gerardo Meil

The aim of this paper is to analyse, differentiated by gender, the effects that high geographical job mobility has on parenthood decisions. In particular, in a first part we will examine whether job mobility fosters childlessness and/or postponement of childbearing and if mobility implies a lower family size. In a second part we will analyse how the specific working conditions of mobile people and their resources for balancing working and private lives affect childlessness and postponement of parenthood. The analysis will be based on a representative survey of people aged 25 to 54, performed in six European countries (Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Switzerland and Belgium) in 2007, oversampling mobile people in order to get enough cases to analyse. Results show that the impact of high job mobility on the timing and quantum of parenthood is important, both for men and women, but stronger for the latter. Besides gender, the strength of the impact depends on the duration of job mobility and when it takes place in the lifecycle. Resources for promoting a better balance of working and private lives such as flexitime and teleworking have no clear impact on parenthood decisions, but having a supportive employer facilitates family development of mobile employees. A greater involvement of men in unpaid work does not seem to facilitate fertility decisions of mobile women. Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag wird der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit hohe berufsbedingte räumliche Mobilität negative Folgen auf die Familienentwicklung hat. Im ersten Teil des Aufsatzes wird getrennt nach Geschlecht analysiert, ob Mobilität Kinderlosigkeit fördert, eine Verschiebung des Geburtenkalenders verursacht und ob sie eine Reduktion der Familiengröße zur Folge hat. Darüber hinaus wird in dem zweiten Teil analysiert, welchen Einfluss bestimmte Arbeitsbedingungen sowie die Ressourcen, die Familien zur Verfügung stehen, um Familie und Beruf zu vereinbaren, auf die Entscheidungen bezüglich Elternschaft ausüben. Die Analyse stützt sich auf eine repräsentative Umfrage in sechs europäischen Ländern (Deutschland, Frankreich, Spanien, Polen, Schweiz und Belgien) mit Personen im Alter zwischen 25 und 54 Jahren. Die Daten wurden in 2007 erhoben. Mobile Erwerbstätige wurden überproportional erhoben, um eine ausreichende Fallzahl zu gewährleisten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Auswirkung der Mobilität auf die Familienentwicklung von Bedeutung ist, wobei sich Mobilität von Frauen stärker auswirkt. Darüber hinaus ist von Bedeutung, wann im Lebenslauf Mobilität und Elternschaft stattfinden und wie lange die Phase der mobilen Arbeit andauert. Flexible Arbeitszeiten oder die Möglichkeit, einen Teil der Arbeit zu Hause zu leisten, haben keinen eindeutigen Einfluss auf die Entscheidungen zur Elternschaft von mobilen Erwerbstätigen, wohl aber die Unterstützung durch den Arbeitgeber. Unterstützung seitens des Partners scheint die Entscheidung mobiler Frauen für Kinder nicht zu fördern.


Author(s):  
Alberto Doria ◽  
Cristian Medè ◽  
Daniele Desideri ◽  
Alvise Maschio ◽  
Federico Moro

The specific working conditions of piezoelectric harvesters for scooter tires are analyzed. Calculated and experimental results show that the excitation of the harvester can be considered a series of separated impulses. Harvester response to an ideal impulse is analyzed with a single-mode model. An optimal ratio between impulse duration and natural period of the harvester that maximizes harvester excitation is found. A numerical finite element (FE) model of a bimorph cantilever harvester is developed in COMSOL and validated by means of experimental tests. The validated FE model is used for showing that an actual harvester excited by road impulses generates a large voltage only if there is a specific relation between impulse duration and natural period of the harvester. Starting from the validated FE model, small harvesters suited to tires are developed and analyzed. Also these harvesters show the best performance for a specific range of impulse durations, which corresponds to the highest speeds of the speed range of the scooter (50–80 km/h) and to high levels of acceleration.


Author(s):  
Sandeep Maharaj ◽  
Adrian Brahim ◽  
Horry Brown ◽  
Danielle Budraj ◽  
Vatalie Caesar ◽  
...  

Abstract Background A dispensing error can be defined as an inconsistency between the drug prescribed and drug dispensed to a patient. These errors can lead to ineffective and sometimes unwanted pharmaceutical outcomes. Dispensing errors can be harmful or even fatal to patients. Case presentation The objective to this study was (a) to determine the types and frequency of dispensing errors at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC), (b) to explore the reasons for the occurrence of dispensing errors, and (c) to make suitable recommendations for their prevention. An observational study for a period of 2 weeks was carried out at various in- and outpatient departments of the EWMSC. The observations were carried out during 7:00 am to 3:00 pm. Dispensing errors identified during this period were recorded and analyzed. Results Sixty-eight errors were identified in the adult outpatient pharmacy of the EWMSC; 19 errors in the pediatric outpatient pharmacy, whereas 22 errors were found in inpatient pharmacy. The most common plausible causes for the dispensing errors include high workload, failure to verify patient information, incorrect data in the pharmacy’s record system, inadequate notes made by pharmacists during prior patient visit, and in a few cases, uncomfortable working conditions. Conclusion Dispensing errors were encountered in 2.1% of all the prescriptions filled at the EWMSC pharmacies. The factors which influenced these dispensing errors include but are not limited to a heavy workload, distractions, failure to verify patient information, and uncomfortable working conditions.


2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Marôco ◽  
Ana Lúcia Marôco ◽  
Ema Leite ◽  
Cristina Bastos ◽  
Maria José Vazão ◽  
...  

<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Burnout is a psychological syndrome, characterized by a state of high emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization and low personal accomplishment, which leads to erosion of personal, professional and health values. This study reports the incidence of burnout in Portuguese Healthcare professionals.<br /><strong>Material and Methods:</strong> Burnout in Portugal’s health professionals was assessed with the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey, using a zero (never) to six (always) ordinal scale, on a sample of 1 262 nurses and 466 physicians with mean age of 36.8 year (SD = 12.2) and 38.7 (SD = 11.0), respectively. Participants came from all national districts (35% Lisbon, 18% Oporto, 6% Aveiro, 6% Setúbal, 5% Coimbra, 5% Azores and Madeira), working in hospitals (54%), Families’ Health Units (30%), Personalized Health Units (8%) and other public or private institutions (8%).<br /><strong>Results:</strong> Analysis of MBI-HSS scores, stratified by district, revealed that both types of professionals had moderate to high levels of burnout (M = 3.0, SD = 1.7) with no significant differences between the two groups. Vila Real (M = 3.8, SD = 1.7) and Madeira (M = 2.5, SD = 1.5) were the regions where burnout levels were higher and lower, respectively. Burnout levels did not differ significantly between Hospital, Personalized Health Units and Families’ Health Centers. Professionals with more years in the function were less affected by Burnout (r = -0.15). No significant association was observed with the duration of the working day (r = 0.04). The strongest predictor of burnout was the perceived quality of working conditions (r = -0.35).<br /><strong>Discussion:</strong> The occurrence of the burnout syndrome in Portuguese health professionals is frequent, being associated with a poor working conditions perception and reduced professional experience. The incidence of the burnout syndrome shows regional differences which may be associated with different and suboptimal conditions for health care delivery. Results suggest the need for interventions aimed at improving working conditions and initial job training of health professionals, as requisites for a good professional practice and personal well-being.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> At the national level, between 2011 and 2013, 21.6% of healthcare professionals showed moderate burnout and 47.8% showed high burnout. The perception of poor working conditions was the main predictor of burnout occurrence among the Portuguese health professionals.</p>


2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Gladis Cecilia Coronel García ◽  
Laura Patricia Joli González ◽  
Vanessa Ladeud Verbel ◽  
Cindy Paola Zúñiga Guzmán

En el mundo de hoy, el trabajo infantil continúa siendo un fenómeno extendido y en crecimiento. En todo el país, muchos niños deben llevar a cabo tareas extremadamente peligrosas en condiciones de explotación y abuso. Los tipos de peligro a que estos niños deben enfrentarse varían de acuerdo con la ocupación en sí y las condiciones laborales específicas. Además de lo anterior se suma el abandono de los estudios, en otros casos continúan estudiando, pero, académicamente no les va bien. Ante lo expuesto las investigadoras se han propuesto como objetivo general diseñar un plan de acción desde CELPCURN para el mejoramiento del rendimiento académico de los y las menores trabajadores en el Mercado de Bazurto de la Ciudad de Cartagena. Estas estrategias ayudarían a buscar soluciones frente a esta situación, puesto que le permitiría al niño mejorar su rendimiento académico y ofrecerles oportunidades que les sirva para participar en un mejor ambiente, que estos a su vez satisfagan sus necesidades de recreación, ya que la vinculación temprana del trabajo tiene repercusiones negativas en los menores que laboran en el mercado de Bazurto. La dedicación a estas labores con lleva una cierta satisfacción para el niño al sentir que está aprendiendo un oficio que más adelante le va permitir subsistir. El dinero que estos niños aportan en su familia es indispensable para el sostenimiento de ellos, lo cual hace que en ocasiones cobre mayor importancia el trabajoque la escuela tanto para ellos como para los padres. La presente propuesta es de enfoque cualitativo, el tipo de investigación elegida es la etnográfica. Durante la investigación se evidenció que algunos de los menores trabajadores del mercado de bazurto presentan un bajo rendimiento académico, por lo tanto, se requiere la participación del plan de acción para tratar de mejorar su rendimiento académico.ABSTRACT: In today's world, child labor remains a widespread and growing phenomenon. Across the country, many children must carry out extremely dangerous tasks under conditions of exploitation and abuse. The types of risk to which these children must face vary with the occupation itself and specific working conditions. In addition to this is added the dropout, in other cases continue to study, but do not do well academically. Given the above researchers have proposed general objective Design an action plan from CELPCURN to improve academic performance and lower workers Bazurto Market City of Cartagena. These strategies help to find solutions to this situation, since it would allow the child to improve their academic performance and offer them opportunities to participate in serving a better environment, these in turn meet their recreational needs, as linking early work has a negative impact on children working in Bazurto market. The dedication to these tasks involves a certain satisfaction for the child to feel that he is learning a trade that will allow you later survive. The money that these children bring in your family is essential for the maintenance of them, which makes copper sometimes more important than school work for him and for parents. This proposal is a qualitative approach, the kind of choice is the ethnographic research. During the investigation it became clear that some of the smaller market Bazurto workers have low academic performance., Therefore, requires the participation of the action plan to try to improve their academic performance


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-35
Author(s):  
Yunus Emre Ozturk

With the negative effects of global financial crisis in 2008-2009 and recent Covid 19 pandemic, the need for stress management for individuals and business organizations is significantly increasing. However, the latest advances in digitalization and digital transformation of service companies are reshaping and redesigning the working conditions. This study aimed to explain how stress and burnout syndrome affects the individuals and business organizations. It is also aimed to maintain a theoretical perspective on burnout syndrome models. Main contribution of the paper to literature is its theoretical perspective with fundamental theories and models of burnout syndrome.


2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Mariusz Kormanek

According to the data of the Central Statistical Office, there has been an increase in forest cover in Poland from 27.8% to 29.6% over the last 25 years. This increase contributed to an increase in the possibility of wood obtaining and processing for energy purposes. The aim of the study was to analyse the efficiency of a chipping machine manufactured by the American Company Bandit Industries (Bandit 990XP chipper) based on the working day chronometer. The study was carried out in specific conditions related to the place of the chipper application because the machine was used to process the material obtained from standing trees in the framework of park maintenance. As it was shown during the analysed working day, the effective capacity W1 in the work cycle of the Bandit 990XP machine was 9.2 m<sup>3</sup>∙h<sup>–1</sup> chips. Specific working conditions made it impossible to organize the work smoothly. Ongoing obtaining of the material for chipping from standing trees resulted in low productivity during the exploitation time of the shift W08 on the level of 1.3 m<sup>3</sup>∙h<sup>–1</sup> chips.


Author(s):  
A.V. Zheglova ◽  

Abstract: In the process of educational activity, the health of teachers is an important component of the process, affecting its content and results. The purpose of our work was the scientific substantiation and development of a modular program for preserving the health of teachers of secondary schools. Within the framework of the study, a hygienic assessment of working conditions was carried out, social, demographic characteristics and lifestyle factors were studied, and the psychological state of teachers was assessed. A modular program for preserving the health of teachers of secondary schools has been developed and implemented, aimed at reducing the risk of the formation of professional burnout syndrome, preserving and strengthening the health of the studied contingent with integration into the practice of education and healthcare.


Author(s):  
Neilya Shavketovna Ratushnaya ◽  
Yuliya Viktorovna Eliseeva

The article presents the results of the risk of developing the burnout syndrome in medical workers, taking into account the influence of hygienic working conditions and the psychological situation in the team. 134 medical workers with working conditions class 2.0, 3.1, and 3.2 were under observation. The ratio of the working conditions of medical workers to the corresponding class was established according to the Manual 2.2006–05 «Hygienic assessment of factors of the working environment and the labor process. Criteria and classification of working conditions». The methodological basis for assessing the level of emotional burnout of a medical worker in a team was a questionnaire developed by V. V. Boyko; the psychological situation in the team was assessed using a questionnaire by A. F. Fiedler. The conducted studies found that with the class of working conditions of doctors at the level of 2.0, the risk of developing emotional burnout after five years of work is 30.7 %. At the level of the class of working conditions 3.2, after five years of work, the burnout among doctors will reach 46.7 %. Against the background of a favorable psychological situation in the team, the probability of developing an emotional burnout syndrome was 20.0 %, with an unfavorable one, it increased to 46.6 %. The results obtained in the course of this study were used as the basis for the development of a method for predicting the risk of developing burnout syndrome in medical professionals in the first five years of work with a sensitivity of 78 % and a specificity of 68 %.


2012 ◽  
Vol 271-272 ◽  
pp. 1132-1136
Author(s):  
Ling Kong ◽  
Li Po Yang ◽  
Bing Qian Yu ◽  
Dong Cheng Wang

In the paper, the cold strip online dynamic wrapping angle compensation model is established based on the latest intelligent shape meter developed by Yanshan university. It could improving recisions of the shape detection and the shape closed-loop control under specific working conditions effectively. The model was successfully applied to Angang HC 6-high reversible cold rolling mill, meeting bad working conditions on site. The remarkable results were obtained in industrial application. The error between calculated values and measured values of total tensions is within 3%.


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