BURNOUT SYNDROME AT THE ANESTHESIA & INTENSIVE CARE AND SURGICAL UNIT’S MEDICAL PERSONNEL WITHIN EMERGENCY CLINICAL HOSPITAL OF GALATI – ORIGINAL STUDY

Abstract

Scope: identification of burnout syndrome at the mentioned medical personnel and implementation of some measures to reduce its effects. The study had been prospective, performed in the period between February and April 2019 on a sample of 180 subjects comprising AIC (Anesthesia & Intensive Care) physicians, nurse anesthetists, nurses, and healthcare assistants from ICU and from the surgical unit within Emergency Clinical Hospital of Galati. MBI (Maslach Burnout Inventory) survey, validated in Romanian, was self-administered to collect the data. 141 subjects responded out of 180, representing 78.33%. Out of these, a number of 99 subjects present burnout syndrome, respectively a percentage of 70.21%. As reported to the three components of the survey, 73.76% of the subjects present emotional exhaustion at medium and high levels, 46.81% present depersonalization and 62.42% present personal accomplishments’ reduction. According to the professional categories, the highest stress level is registered at the ICU healthcare assistants with 100% burnout, followed by AIC physicians with 80%, nurses and healthcare assistants from the Surgical Unit 64.45%, ICU nurses 61.29%, the “lowest” level being 55.56% for the nurses from Anesthesia Department. It must be noted the severe burnout level according to the profession: as per the emotional exhaustion level, AIC physicians are affected in a percentage of 33.33%, ICU nurses 19.5%, nurse anesthetists 16.67%, nurses from the Surgical Unit 16.36% and ICU healthcare assistants 13.64%. In conclusion, this study shows that the most affected categories are the ICU healthcare assistants and AIC physicians, the physicians having the greatest level of emotional exhaustion, and the healthcare assistants the greatest level of personal accomplishment’s reduction.