Burnout Syndrome in Nursing Professionals in COVID -19 Intensive Care

Serra, Jéssica Gonçalves; Farias, Edson dos Santos; Nunes, Laísy de Lima; Oliveira, Marcelo Xavier de; Castro, Tharles Maia de

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Psychology of Health • Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 32 • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4327e3234 copy

Burnout Syndrome in Nursing Professionals in COVID -19 Intensive Care

Síndrome de Burnout em Profissionais de Enfermagem na Terapia Intensiva de COVID-19

Síndrome de Burnout en Profesionales de enfermería en Terapia Intensiva de COVID-19

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic evidenced a scenario of increased demands on health professionals that can lead to professional burnout. This study aimed to investigate Burnout Syndrome (BS) and associated factors in nursing professionals working in intensive care units (ICU) of the public service during the COVID-19 pandemic. 157 professionals were evaluated regarding sociodemographic, occupational and working conditions variables, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used. The prevalence of BS was 45.2%, with some professionals suffering from more than one factor of the syndrome: emotional exhaustion (28.7%), depersonalization (3.8%) and low professional fulfillment (24.8%). Logistic regression analysis in the final model showed that female gender, not having children, statutory bond, professionals who had COVID-19 and declared wanting to leave the ICU environment had a higher risk of BS. The results showed BS in nursing professionals and that new risk factors were added with the advent of the pandemic.

Keywords:
occupational stress; nursing; intensive care units

Variables	Burnout Syndrome (BS)
	Presence		Absence		*p-value*
	N	%	n	%
Sociodemographic
Gender					.040*
Male	11	36.7	19	63.3
Female	60	47.2	67	52.8
Children					.043*
Yes	48	42.5	65	57.5
No	23	52.3	21	47.4
Education					.034*
Technical level	33	40.2	49	59.8
Higher level	38	50.7	37	49.3
Occupational
Institutional bond					.014*
Statutory	41	53.9	35	46.1
Emergency	30	37.0	51	63.0
Professional activity time					.047*
≤3 years	22	40.7	32	59.3
>3 years	49	47.6	54	52.4
Working time in the ICU					.036*
≤3 years	39	41.1	56	58.9
>3 years	32	51.6	30	48.4
Working conditions during COVID-19
Have you been tested positive for COVID-19?					.003
Yes	49	45.4	59	54.6
No	22	44.9	27	55.1
Have you been quarantined?					.020
Yes	56	46.3	65	53.7
No	15	41.7	21	58.3
Do you feel that you are at risk of being infected/reinfected by COVID-19?					.001
Yes	69	46.0	81	54.0
No	2	28.6	5	71.4
Have you ever thought about leaving the ICU environment during the pandemic?					<.001
Yes	48	64.0	27	36.0
No	23	28.0	59	72.0

Category	Model 1 RC (IC _95% )	Model 2 RC (IC _95% )	Model 3 RC (IC _95% )	Model 4 RC (IC _95% )
Sociodemographic
Gender
Male	1	1	1
Female	1.78 (1.16-4.21)	1.74 (1.17-4.20)	2.33 (1.18-6.19)	2.21 (1.16-5.66)
Marital status
Live together	1
Live alone	107 (0.53-2.14)	1.08 (0.53-2.21)	0.88 (0.39-1.97)	-
Children
Yes	1	1	1
No	1.71 (1.08-3.65)	1.82 (1.18-3.93)	3.66 (1.38-9.77)	2.48 (1.09-5.47)
Occupational
Institutional bond
Statutory		1.79 (1.02-3.04)	1.81 (1.07-3.19)	1.80 (1.03-3.05)
Emergency		1	1	1
Professional activity time
≤3 years		1	1
>3 years		1.19 (1.05-2.66)	1.37 (1.13-2.49)	-
Working time in the ICU
≤3 years		1	1	-
>3 years		1.22 (1.02-2.87)	1.28 (1.04-2.92)
Working conditions during the pandemic
Have you been tested positive for COVID-19?
Yes			2.46 (1.22-4.91)	3.17 (1.77-5.61)
No			1
Have you been quarantined?
Yes			1.60 (1.17-5.88)	-
No			1
Do you feel that you are at risk of being infected/reinfected by COVID-19?
Yes			1.67 (1.15-7.87)	-
No			1
Have you ever thought about leaving the ICU environment during the pandemic?
Yes			6.11 (2.75-13.55)	5.69 (2.74-11.79)
No			1

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[1] Correspondence address: Jéssica Gonçalves Serra. Universidade Federal de Rondônia. BR-364 - KM 9,5, Porto Velho-RO, Brazil. CEP 76.808-695. E-mail: jessica.gserra@gmail.com