Burnout and stress among nurses in a university tertiary hospital
Vera Regina Lorenz1, Maria Cecília Cardoso Benatti, Marcos Oliveira Sabino
1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil. vrlorenz@gmail.com
Abstract:
This cross-sectional, analytical and correlational study investigated the existence of Burnout based on a sample of 149 nurses of a university tertiary hospital from October to December 2008 and correlate Burnout with stressors in the hospital work environment. The Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Nurses' Stress Inventory and a questionnaire to characterize the subjects were applied. The results indicated the presence of Burnout in 7.3% of nurses (quartile) and 10.22% (tercile), and also a correlation among the inventories' domains. Vulnerability to this type of illness among nurses was increased by stress experienced in the work environment.
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