Burnout at the hospital: Healthcare workers coping with COVID-19 stress / Burnout no hospital: enfrentamento do estresse da COVID-19 por trabalhadores da saúde
Estud. Psicol. (Campinas, Online)
; 40: e220097, 2023. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Objective The first wave of COVID-19 was challenging for healthcare workers. This study analyzed the ways of coping with stress at a university hospital. Method A Sociodemographic Characterization, Risk and Exposure Assessment, Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-23), and COVID-19 Coping Scale were responded online by 181 professionals. Results The sample was composed mainly of women, white, married, physicians, with one job. Over 80% of the sample were at high exposure and risk for infection, with 17.1% having tested positive. The most reported stressors were risks of transmitting the disease, being hospitalized, and being separated from loved ones; 11% presented the risk of/probable burnout, with exhaustion and emotional impairment. They presented adaptive coping strategies, such as problem-solving and information-seeking, with a negative correlation between adaptive coping and burnout. Being a physician with maladaptive coping, in psychiatric care, and having religious beliefs were predictors of burnout. Conclusion Promoting adaptive coping may improve the mental health of these workers.
RESUMO
Objetivo A primeira onda da COVID-19 foi desafiadora para os profissionais de saúde. Este estudo analisou o enfrentamento do estresse em um hospital universitário. Método De forma online, 181 profissionais responderam Caracterização Sociodemográfica, Avaliação do Risco e Exposição, Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-23) e Escala de Coping da COVID-19. Resultados A amostra foi composta principalmente por mulheres, caucasianos, casados, médicos, com um emprego. Tiveram alta exposição e risco à infecção mais de 80% da amostra, com 17,1% positivos. Os estressores mais relatados foram riscos de transmitir a doença, ser hospitalizado e separado de pessoas queridas; 11% apresentaram risco/provável de burnout, com exaustão e prejuízo emocional. Apresentaram estratégias mais adaptativas, como Resolução de Problemas e Busca de Informações, havendo uma correlação negativa entre coping adaptativo e burnout. Ser médico, com coping mal adaptativo, em atendimento psiquiátrico e ter crença religiosa foram preditores de burnout. Conclusão Promover um coping adaptativo poderá melhorar a saúde mental desses trabalhadores.
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LILACS
Main subject:
Adaptation, Psychological
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Health Personnel
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Burnout, Psychological
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Estud. Psicol. (Campinas, Online)
Journal subject:
Psicologia
Year:
2023
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Article