Burnout at the hospital: Healthcare workers coping with COVID-19 stress

Q2 Psychology

Estudos De Psicologia (campinas) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI:10.1590/1982-0275202340e220097

M. F. M. B. D. Freitas, S. R. F. Enumo, W. Machado, João Carlos Caselli Messias, E. D. T. Mendes

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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.

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医院的倦怠:应对COVID-19压力的医护人员

摘要目的新冠肺炎第一波疫情给医护人员带来了挑战。本研究分析了一所大学医院应对压力的方法。方法对181名专业人员进行社会人口学特征、风险与暴露评估、倦怠评估工具(BAT-23)和COVID-19应对量表的在线问卷调查。结果样本以女性为主，白人，已婚，医生，一职。超过80%的样本处于高暴露和感染风险中，17.1%的样本检测呈阳性。报告最多的压力源是传播疾病、住院和与亲人分离的风险;11%的人表现出倦怠的风险/可能的风险，伴随着疲惫和情绪障碍。他们提出了适应性应对策略，如解决问题和信息寻求，适应性应对与倦怠呈负相关。作为一名适应不良的医生，在精神科护理中，有宗教信仰是倦怠的预测因素。结论促进适应性应对有助于提高农民工的心理健康水平。

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Estudos De Psicologia (campinas) Psychology-Psychology (all)

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4.00

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13 weeks

期刊介绍： Estudos de Psicologia (Psychological Studies) is a quarterly journal of the graduate psychology program at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas - Centro Ciências da Vida (Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas- Center of Life Sciences). Since its foundation in 1983, it has been encouraging contributions from national and international scientific communities, aiming to discuss and to promote the profession and research in Psychology through the publication of original articles, which bring relevant contributions to the field of Psychology. It also publishes theoretical and review papers as well as book reviews representing significant advances to the science and profession of Psychology.