Scores and Risk Factors Associated with Burnout AmongProfessionals of Child and Adolescent Health Care by Luciana de Barros Correia Fontes in Interventions in Pediatric Dentistry Open Access Journal in Lupine Publishers
Background: In recent dentistry scientific research, it has
been observed that worker´s mental health has been an object
of investigation. Due to several implication both in functional
performance and quality of life affiliates by some people with this
disorder. This paper reports the prevalence and risk associated with
burnout syndrome (BS) in children and adolescent’s health
care professionals.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with descriptive and analytical statistics (based on margin of error 5.0%). The
study area includes the city of Campina Grande, Paraiba State, Northeastern Brazilian. The instruments for data collection were
interview with structured questionnaires The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) and a demographic
questionnaire were used (n=87). For data analysis we used Student’s t-test and ANOVA.
Results: The final sample was composed of 63 professionals
(72.4 % of the universe). According to the data, 90.5 % of
participants were female, mean age 41 years ± 12.33. The prevalence of
scores related to BS occurred in 49.2% of investigated;
46.0% in the initial phase for this disease and 3.2% with Burnout
installed. These patients presented predominantly low level of
emotional exhaustion (57.1%) and moderate levels of depersonalization.
All had a high professional achievement. Variables, marital
status and family incomes were positively associated with
depersonalization.
Conclusion: Approximately half of professionals of health care for children and adolescents reported symptoms related to
BS scores, making necessary a more focused approach to the diagnosis and intervention methods to be adopted for the target
population discriminated.
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