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SINDROMUL BURNOUT LA PERSONALUL MEDICAL
BURNOUT SYNDROME IN MEDICAL STAFF

Author(s): Angela Groza, Lilia Grati
Subject(s): Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Behaviorism, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Universitatea de Studii Europene din Moldova
Keywords: burnout; occupational stress; emotional exhaustion; depersonalization; physical symptoms; personal satisfaction;

Summary/Abstract: Burnout syndrome is a complex phenomenon, of great magnitude, which occurs in extremely demanding professions emotionally and nervously, with deep echoes in the psycho-affective structure of individuals and making their mark on professional life and social life. In this context, the study presents the results of experimental research on burnout syndrome specific to medical staff: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, physical symptoms and personal satisfaction. The study sample consisted of 210 health workers who were divided into 3 categories: (1) depending on the type of care: doctors, residents and nurses; (2) depending on the type of services provided; (3) depending on gender. The results indicate that burnout syndrome is found in larger sizes in resident physicians relative to physicians and nurses, holding the highest values at all four scales of the burnout syndrome study inventory. The present research highlighted the prevalence of emotional exhaustion, physical symptoms and personal satisfaction among the medical staff of the psychiatric hospital, and on a depersonalization scale belong to the medical staff of the children's hospital, showing that men are more vulnerable to the development of burnout to women.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 171-179
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian
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