[Burnout in emergency health care workers]. / Analisi del burnout negli operatori sanitari addetti allo emergenza.

Some studies reported high levels of severe burnout syndrome in emergency workers. We compared different categories of health care workers (129 of Medicine Department e 47 of Laboratory analysis Department) and emergency workers (42 of 118 and 37 of Emergency Department) Subjects were administered the Organizational Checkup System (OCS) to evaluate subjects' risk of burnout and their perception of their own work role and of their organizational environment The operators of 118 showed a condition of wellbeing and a less tendency to burnout. This Finding was accompanied to a better perception of their own work role and of their organizational environment.