[Burnout syndrome of health workers in an assisted residence for the elderly]. / Síndrome de burnout en el personal sanitario de UNA residencia asistida de mayores.
Rev Enferm
; 35(10): 16-22, 2012 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-23157066
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
to estimate the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome and the sleep patterns alterations experienced by health workers who work in an Assisted Residence for the Elderly. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
descriptive and cross-sectional research using the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Sleepiness Epworth scales in a self questionnaire that was aimed to 150 employees at the institution. We used descriptive and inferential statistics with a 95% confidence interval. The relationship between categorical variables was carried out using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test. RESULTS ANDCONCLUSIONS:
response rate of 92% (138) on the total respondents (150). The burnout prevalence rate is located at 21.7% with a high percentage of workers with low personal fulfillment (64.1%). There is also a slight tendency to suffer from daytime sleepiness in general. It is worth highlighting musculoskeletal problems as the main physiological conditions in relation to the type of work (70.3%), being coffee as the most consumed substance of those polled. High level prevalence of burnout syndrome in the population studied, especially among the nursing staff and the need to develop interventions to reduce them.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Agotamiento Profesional
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Personal de Salud
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Disomnias
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Instituciones de Vida Asistida
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Hogares para Ancianos
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Enfermedades Profesionales
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Es
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article