scholarly journals Professional burnout among nurses and paramedics

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Sylwia Nowakowska ◽  
Łukasz Wolniewicz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Work Health ◽  
Degrees Of Severity

Introduction: The burnout syndrome is characteristic for people who face constant human interaction in their work. Health care professionals are listed in this category. Aim: The aim of this paper was to determine the scope of the burnout syndrome and to assess the degree of burnout among health care professionals. Material and Methods: The study was conducted among a population of 110 nurses and paramedics working in the Opole Province. The research tool used was an own questionnaire, the MBI Ch. Maslach burnout questionnaire and the PSS – 10 scale (Perceived Stress Scale). Results: The results show that passivity and uncertainty in dealing with people (33%) and low mental resilience (29%) are the main personality traits that influence the occurrence of burnout. Conclusions: Professional burnout occurs in all three dimensions of the syndrome, with varying degrees of severity, among health care professionals.

Studying and More: Part-Time Employment as an Educational Challenge?

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Silke Heuse ◽  
Cathrin Dietze ◽  
Daniel Fodor ◽  
Edgar Voltmer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Students ◽  
Educational Challenge ◽  
Part Time

Background: Future health-care professionals face stress both during education and in later professional life. Next to educational trainings, many students are forced to assume part-time employment. Objective: Applying the Job Demands-Resources Model to the educational context, we investigate which role part-time employment plays next to health-care professional students’ education-specific demands and resources in the prediction of perceived stress. Method: In this cross-sectional study, data from N = 161 health-care students were analysed, testing moderation models. Results: Education-specific demands were associated with higher and education-specific resources with lower amounts of perceived stress. Part-time employment functioned as moderator, i.e. demands were less associated with stress experiences in students who were employed part-time. Conclusion: Identifying part-time employment as a resource rather than a demand illustrates the need to understand students’ individual influences on stress. Both educators and students will benefit from reflecting these resources to support students’ stress management.

scholarly journals Burnout Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health-Care Professionals at Assiut University Hospitals, 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 5368
Author(s):  
Shimaa A. Elghazally ◽  
Atef F. Alkarn ◽  
Hussein Elkhayat ◽  
Ahmed K. Ibrahim ◽  
Mariam Roshdy Elkhayat
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
University Hospitals

Background: burnout syndrome is a serious and growing problem among medical staff. Its adverse outcomes not only affect health-care providers’ health, but also extend to their patients, resulting in bad-quality care. The COVID-19 pandemic puts frontline health-care providers at greater risk of psychological stress and burnout syndrome. Objectives: this study aimed to identify the levels of burnout among health-care professionals currently working at Assiut University hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: the current study adopted an online cross-sectional design using the SurveyMonkey® website for data collection. A total of 201 physicians were included and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) scale was used to assess the three burnout syndrome dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. Results: about one-third, two-thirds, and one-quarter of the respondents had high emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment, respectively. Younger, resident, and single physicians reported higher burnout scores. The personal accomplishment score was significantly higher among males. Those working more than eight hours/day and dealing with COVID-19 patients had significantly higher scores. Conclusion: during the COVID-19 pandemic, a high prevalence of burnout was recorded among physicians. Age, job title, working duration, and working hours/day were significant predictors for burnout syndrome subscale results. Preventive and interventive programs should be applied in health-care organizations during pandemics.

scholarly journals Burnout Syndrome and the Work Design of Education and Health Care Professionals

Psico-USF ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-303
Author(s):  
Mary Sandra Carlotto ◽  
Gardênia da Silva Abbad ◽  
Marina Greghi Sticca ◽  
Maria Nivalda de Carvalho-Freitas ◽  
Marcos Santos de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Work Design ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Task Characteristics ◽  
Work Redesign ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
And Task

Abstract This study aimed to identify the predictive power of the Work Design (WD) variables on Burnout Syndrome (BS). The sample consisted of 300 professionals, 188 from the field of education and 112 from health care. Two instruments were used in this research, a reduced version of the Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ) and the Brazilian version of the Spanish Burnout Syndrome Inventory (SBI). The results showed that in both professional categories, the factors of work design are predictors of the 4 dimensions of BS, especially factors related to social and task characteristics. In the education field, characteristics of knowledge required by work appear as predictors of only psychological exhaustion; and in health care professionals, as predictors of psychological exhaustion and decreased Enthusiasm towards the job. Implications of these findings will be discussed in terms of their applicability in interventions to prevent BS based on work redesign actions.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN TINGKAT STRES DAN BURNOUT SYNDROME DENGAN KUALITAS TIDUR PADA MAHASISWA PROFESI NERS FAKULTAS KEPERAWATAN UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Qurrata A'yuni Rasyidah ◽  
Rizki Fitryasari ◽  
Andri Setiya Wahyudi
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Perceived Stress Scale ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Clinical Nursing ◽  
Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index

Pendahuluan: Tidur merupakan suatu kebutuhan dasar yang harus dipenuhi. Kualitas tidur yang buruk salah satunya dapat disebabkan karena stres dan kondisi kelelahan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara tingkat stres dan burnout syndrome terhadap kualitas tidur pada mahasiswa ners Fakultas Keperawatan Universitas Airlangga.Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif korelasi dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Populasi penelitian adalah mahasiswa profesi ners Fakultas Keperawatan Unair program regular dan alih jenis. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 126 responden yang diperoleh dengan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling  dan mahasiswa profesi ners Fakultas Keperawatan Unair dari program regular maupun alih jenis sebagai kriteria inklusi. Variabel independen yaitu tingkat stress dan burnout syndrome dan variabel dependen yaitu kualitas tidur. Data dikumpulkan dengan kuesioner Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Maslach Burnout Invetory (MBI), Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) dan dianalisis menggunakan uji spearmen’s rho dan uji regresi logistik.Hasil: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif korelasi dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Populasi penelitian adalah mahasiswa profesi ners Fakultas Keperawatan Unair program regular dan alih jenis. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 126 responden yang diperoleh dengan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling  dan mahasiswa profesi ners Fakultas Keperawatan Unair dari program regular maupun alih jenis sebagai kriteria inklusi. Variabel independen yaitu tingkat stress dan burnout syndrome dan variabel dependen yaitu kualitas tidur. Data dikumpulkan dengan kuesioner Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Maslach Burnout Invetory (MBI), Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) dan dianalisis menggunakan uji spearmen’s rho dan uji regresi logistik.Kesimpulan: Tingkat stress yang dialami oleh mahasiswa profesi terutama dalam merawat pasien dan situasi kelelahan emosional pada burnout syndrome dapat mengakibatkan  kualitas tidur mahasiswa profesi. ABSTRACTIntroduction: Sleep is a basic need that must be fulfilled. Poor sleep quality can be caused by stress and fatigue. This study aims to analyze the relationship between stress levels and burnout syndrome with sleep quality on clinical nursing students of the Nursing Faculty at Universitas Airlangga.Method: This study uses a cross-sectional design. The population is clinical nursing student Faculty of Nursing Universitas Airlangga from the regular program and over the program level. The total sample was 126 respondents using a simple random sampling technique. Independent variables are stress level and burnout syndrome and the dependent variable is sleep quality. Data collected by questionnaires Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and then analyzed using spearmen's rho test and logistic regression test.Results:  The results showed that there was a relationship between stress levels and sleep quality (p = 0,000, r = 0,311), there was a relationship between burnout syndrome specifically the dimensions of emotional exhaustion with sleep quality (p = 0,025) and the results of logistic regression tests showed a correlation between stress levels (p = 0,000) and burnout syndrome dimensions of emotional exhaustion (p = 0.025) with the quality of sleep in clinical nursing students of the Faculty of Nursing Universitas Airlangga.Conclusion: The level of stress experienced by clinical nursing students, especially stress in caring for patients and burnout syndrome, especially in the dimensions of emotional exhaustion affect the quality of sleep for clinical nursing students.

scholarly journals Are Burnout Syndrome and Depression Predictors for Aggressive Behavior Among Mental Health Care Professionals?

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aspasia Tzeletopoulou ◽  
Victoria Alikari ◽  
Sofia Zyga ◽  
Maria Tsironi ◽  
Maria Lavdaniti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Burnout Syndrome

scholarly journals Mindfulness-Based IARA Model® Proves Effective to Reduce Stress and Anxiety in Health Care Professionals. A Six-Month Follow-Up Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Barattucci ◽  
Anna Maria Padovan ◽  
Ermanno Vitale ◽  
Venerando Rapisarda ◽  
Tiziana Ramaci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Specific Work ◽  
Health Care Environment

Changes in the health care environment, together with specific work-related stressors and the consequences on workers’ health and performance, have led to the implementation of prevention strategies. Among the different approaches, those which are mindfulness-based have been institutionally recommended with an indication provided as to their effectiveness in the management of stress. The aim of the present study was to analyze the efficacy of the mindfulness-based IARA Model® (an Italian acronym translatable into meeting, compliance, responsibility, autonomy) in order to ameliorate perceived stress, anxiety and enhance emotional regulation among health care professionals (HCPs; i.e., doctors, nurses, and healthcare assistants). Four hundred and ninety-seven HCPs, 215 (57.2%) of which were women, were randomly assigned to a mindfulness-based training or control group and agreed to complete questionnaires on emotion regulation difficulties (DERS), anxiety, and perceived stress. Results showed that HCPs who attended the IARA training, compared to the control group, had better emotional regulation, anxiety and stress indices after 6 months from the end of the intervention. Furthermore, the results confirmed the positive relationship between emotional regulation, perceived stress and anxiety. The present study contributes to literature by extending the effectiveness of IARA in improving emotional regulation and well-being in non-clinical samples. Moreover, the study provides support for the idea that some specific emotional regulation processes can be implicated in perceived stress and anxiety. From the application point of view, companies should invest more in stress management intervention, monitoring and training, in order to develop worker skills, emotional self-awareness, and relational resources.

scholarly journals Integrating mHealth alcohol harm reduction into primary care: Protocol for an implementation trial (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew R Quanbeck
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Mhealth Intervention ◽  
Implementation Costs

BACKGROUND Primary healthcare systems are uniquely positioned to provide access to strategies for reducing alcohol misuse and high-risk drinking, strategies which include mHealth apps. The extent of human interaction needed to achieve effective and cost-effective use of mHealth apps in primary care remains largely unexamined. This study seeks to understand how varying levels of human interaction affect the ways in which an mHealth intervention for the prevention and treatment of alcohol use disorders works or does not work, for whom, and under what circumstances. OBJECTIVE The primary aim is to detect the effectiveness of an mHealth intervention by assessing differences in self-reported risky drinking patterns and quality of life between participants in three study groups (self-monitored, peer-supported, and clinically integrated). Each group reflects differences in the level of human touch provided to support use of the intervention. The cost-effectiveness of each approach will be assessed . METHODS This Hybrid 1 study is an unblinded patient-level randomized clinical trial testing the effects of using an evidence-based mHealth system on participants’ drinking patterns and quality of life. There are two groups of participants for this study: individuals receiving the intervention and health care professionals practicing in the broader primary care environment. The intervention is a smartphone app encouraging users to reduce their alcohol consumption within the context of integrative medicine using techniques to build healthy habits. Primary outcomes for quantitative analysis will be participant data on their risky drinking days and quality of life, as well as app usage from weekly and quarterly surveys. Cost measures include intervention and implementation costs. Cost per participant will be determined for each study arm with intervention and implementation costs separated within each group. There will also be a qualitative assessment of health care professionals’ engagement with the app as well as their thoughts on participant experience with the app. RESULTS This protocol was approved on November 18, 2019 by the Health Sciences Minimal Risk Institutional Review Board with subsequent annual reviews. Recruitment began on March 06, 2020 but was suspended on March 13, 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Limited recruitment resumed on July 6, 2020. Trial status as of June 9, 2021: 257 participants are enrolled in the study toward a planned enrollment of 546 participants. CONCLUSIONS New knowledge gained from this study could have wide and lasting benefits related to the integration of mHealth systems for alcohol use disorders in primary healthcare systems. Results of the study will guide policy makers and providers to cost-effective ways to incorporate technology in health care. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04011644

Workload, Work Engagement and Job Size – How Physicians’ Decision to Work Less Is Influenced by the Work-Related State of Mind.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Jung ◽  
Erik Bodendieck ◽  
Markus Bleckwenn ◽  
Felix Hussenöder ◽  
Melanie Luppa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Size Reduction ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background: According to new estimates, the health care sector will suffer a shortage of physicians in primary and specialty care. In this context, work engagement and burnout are two constructs that have gained attention recently. The aim of this study was to investigate how these constructs are related to job size preference.Method: The present study is based on the baseline survey of the long-term study of physicians with different specialties, in which 1,001 physicians took part (response rate: 33.4%). Workload was measured using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory adapted for health care professionals; work engagement was assessed using the Utrecht Work Engagement scale. Data analyses includes regression and mediation models.Results: Overall, 297 out of 725 physicians plan to reduce their job size. Several reasons - such as workload - are discussed. Multiple regression analyses show that job size reduction is significantly linked to all three dimensions of workload (p<0.001) as well as work engagement (p=0.001). In addition, work engagement significantly mediates the relationship between workload on job size reduction (patient-related: b= −0.135, p<0.001; work-related: b= −0.190, p<0.001; personal: b= −0.133, p<0.001 ).Discussion: Physicians that tend to reduce working hours exhibit different levels of work engagement as well as workload (personal, patient- and work-related). Moreover, work engagement is acting as a mediator, influencing the relationship between workload and job size reduction. Therefore, interventions that increase work engagement may buffer negative effects of workload on job size changes.

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