[The correlation between personality characteristics and burnout syndrome in emergency ambulance workers]. / Svyaz' mezhdu sindromom vygoraniya i osobennostyami lichnosti rabotnikov skoroi meditsinskoi pomoshchi.

AIM: The work in Emergency Medical Ambulance Service is one of the professions, which is accompanied by high psychological and emotional stress. The aim was to determine the risk of professional burnout syndrome of Emergency Medical Ambulance Service staff and the relationship between burnout syndrome and personality. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ninety-seven doctors (57 women and 40 men, aged 37.0±12.21) of Emergency Medical Ambulance Service were interviewed using the MBI-GS questionnaire and the Freiburg personality questionnaire (FPI). Correlation and regression analysis were used. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Nine (11.5%) of respondents had a risk of burnout syndrome and 28 (35.9%) had some symptoms. In the group, aged 45 years and older, the risk of burnout syndrome was not identified. The staff of Emergency Medical Ambulance Service is characterized by stable personality features. It is necessary to identify the prevalence of burnout syndrome and also to identity the causes for its prevention and development of measures on the increase of personal stress resilience.

[Correlation between the personality characteristics and the burnout syndrome].

OBJECTIVES: Job in the financial sector belongs to professions with high psychological and emotional stress. Authors determined the risk of professional burnout depending on the field of activity and personality characteristics. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It were interviewed 78 bank employees, 20 men (26.1 ± 3.53 years old) and 58 women (31.7 ± 6.17 years old), using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-GS) and Freiburg personality questionnaire (FPI). The results of both groups were compared. RESULTS: Significant differences between the MBI-scales of both groups have not been identified. Nearly 1/4 of all respondents had some symptoms of burnout, which were correlated with personality characteristics. CONCLUSION: These states must be identified in advance to avoid undesired consequences in the future. Employees should be offered preventive measures to strengthen internal resources to overcome the stress and conflict situations.