Burnout in a surgical ICU team.
Intensive Care Med
; 34(1): 152-6, 2008 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-17943271
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Psychologically stressful situations, a physically demanding workload and a high requirement for technological skills can lead ICU caregivers to burnout. The aim of our study was to evaluate their level of burnout as well as the related factors.DESIGN:
A self-administered anonymous questionnaire.SETTING:
A 20-bed surgical ICU in a university hospital. PATIENTS ANDPARTICIPANTS:
Nurse assistants, nurses.INTERVENTIONS:
None. MEASUREMENTS ANDRESULTS:
Ninety-seven of 107 questionnaires (91%) were returned. Of the members of ICU nursing team, 28% showed a high level of burnout. They reported a number of concerns, and that they felt discomfort and suffering. There was a discrepancy between the factors felt to be important by them and those statistically related to the burnout. Among the reported concerns, only the lack of patients' co-operation, the organization of the service and the rapid patient turnover were independently associated with a high level of burnout. As many as 49% of the nursing team felt stressed.CONCLUSIONS:
Almost a third of the ICU nursing team showed a high level of burnout. The factors felt to be important may not be those related to burnout. Since the well-being of the nursing team is important for the quality of care, corrective actions against the related factors should be sought in order to alleviate the suffering.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente
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Esgotamento Profissional
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Cuidados Críticos
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article