Assessment of professional burnout of nursing staff from a traumatology and orthopedics hospital

Abstract

Introduction: Of health workers, nursing staff are the most affected by burnout syndrome, as a response to chronic work stress manifested by negative attitudes and feelings towards people or towards their own professional role.

Objective: To describe the characteristics and level of burnout syndrome by assessing it on the nursing staff working in a traumatology and orthopedics hospital in Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Methodology: Cross-sectional descriptive study in 240 nurses who work in Traumatology, Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery services. The proportion formula and stratified probabilistic sampling by area of ​​care were used. It was applied the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) questionnaire, which consists of 3 subscales and a total of 22 items.

Results: Average age was of 31 years. By job category, 68% were assistants and general nurses, and 32% specialists and floor managers. 56% worked in hospitalization services, 22% in emergencies, 12% in operating rooms and 10% in intensive care. By level of intensity, 71% of the nursing staff were located at a medium level of the emotional exhaustion subscale, 67% were at a low level of the depersonalization subscale, and 79% were at a high level of the personal accomplishment subscale.

Conclusions: The results of this study show the need to maintain and improve a healthy work environment, considering that 71% of nursing staff were located at a medium level of the emotional exhaustion subscale.