Prevalência e fatores de risco associados à Síndrome de Burnout entre profissionais da atenção à saúde da criança e do adolescente

Abstract

Burnout or SB syndrome is a modern disease associated with the work, in which there is a set of physical and psychological symptoms with possible impact on work performance and quality of life of affected individuals. Aims: To describe the prevalence and risk factors associated with burnout in professional attention to health of children and Campina Grande -PB teen, Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional study based on census covering a total of 87 professionals, developed in 2012, considering the health professionals recorded exclusively for the attention to this target population, in the above municipality. As a tool for data collection were adopted the interview and the questionnaire; this with sociodemographic variables and associated to the three dimensions SB, through the Maslach Burnout Inventory or adapted MBI: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal / profissional.Na statistical analysis was considered an error margin of 5% .The study design was approved under the CAAE 0370.0.133.000-11. Results: The final sample consisted of 63 individuals, with a pilot study in 11 other professionals. 90.5% of the participants were female, mean age 41 ± 12.33 years. The variables, marital status and family income was positively associated with depersonalization. Only 3.2% of subjects reported installed SB scores with 46.0% in the initial phase for this disease. The presented predominantly low level of emotional exhaustion (57.1%) and moderate level of depersonalization (71.4%), with all characterized by high job satisfaction. There was no positive association between factors related to work and the scores that characterize the presence of this syndrome. Conclusion: Although the prevalence of psycho-physical characteristics associated with burnout syndrome has been considerable (49.2%) for the evaluated group, there was no positive relationship between the variables related to free time and work, except for the sociodemographic variables family income and marital status.