Occupational stress and burnout in health professionals of perioperative units

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the relationship between occupational stress and burnout in healthcare professionals working in perioperative units. Methods: Analytical, cross-sectional study developed with 146 health professionals from various categories working in perioperative units. The Job Stress Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory were used. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Results: Regarding occupational stress, 93 (64.5%) health professionals had high psychological demands and 83 (57.3%) had low control over work. Fifteen (10.3%) professionals were burnout. There was a statistically significant association between high psychological demand and high emotional exhaustion (p=0.0001) and between high psychological demand and high depersonalization (p=0.007). There was a statistically significant association between the presence of burnout and high psychological demands (p=0.049). Conclusion: Emotionally strained professionals who move away from colleagues have high psychological demands. As psychological demands increase, so does emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. On the other hand, when the psychological demand is low, the professional is not experiencing burnout.