Burnout assessment in nurses from a general emergency service

Quantitative, descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study. 32 nurses from a general adult emergency department answered a questionnaire to evaluate Burnout. (Copenhagen Burnout Inventory).

Result:

It was verified that 59.4% of the nurses presented total Burnout. Work-related burnout was the subscale with the highest average score. It was found that the lower the age and the longer the time working in the institution, the higher the level of Burnout. Longer professional experience was related to lower levels of Burnout. There were also higher scores of Burnout among participants who thought about changing their profession, their institution or their service.

Conclusion:

The prevalence of Burnout is high. Professional Burnout was the most critical subscale. Age and the current work are the subscales that most influence perceived Burnout

Descriptors:
Professional Burnout; Psychological Stress; Nursing; Emergencies; Working Conditions

		n	%
Personal Burnout	Low level of Burnout	13	40.6
	High level of Burnout	19	59.4
Work-related Burnout	Low level of Burnout	10	31.3
	High level of Burnout	22	68.7
Client-related Burnout	Low level of Burnout	10	31.2
	High level of Burnout	18	56.3
Total Burnout	Low level of Burnout	7	21.9
	High level of Burnout	25	78.1

		Total Burnout	Personal Burnout	Work-related Burnout	Client-related Burnout
Total Burnout	Pearson's Correlation	1	.943^ Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level; rp= Pearson's Correlation Test.	.946^ Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level; rp= Pearson's Correlation Test.	.925^ Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level; rp= Pearson's Correlation Test.
Total Burnout	n	32	32	32	32

Variable	Category	Mean level of Burnout	Standard deviation	Statistical significance test
Age				r_p=-0.449 p=0.010
Desire to change profession	Yes	68.65	14.20	t test(30gl)=4.06; p<001
Desire to change profession	No	51.20	9.31	t test(30gl)=4.06; p<001
Desire to change institution	Yes	72.21	11.32	t test(30gl)=5.475; p<001
Desire to change institution	No	51.33	10.20	t test(30gl)=5.475; p<001
Desire to change service	Yes	69.53	14.68	t test(30gl)=3.911; p<001
Desire to change service	No	52.47	9.78	t test(30gl)=3.911; p<001

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[1] Corresponding Author: Paulo Rosário Carvalho Seabra. E-mail: pauloseabra@esel.pt