Burnout syndrome among medical nurse-technicians in intensive care units in cardiovascular surgery

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ID22073083
AuthorsAleksandar Nenadovic (Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina), Snežana Radovanović (0000-0002-9301-6946, University of Kragujevac, corresponding author), Stefan Joksimović (Oncology Institute of Vojvodina), Jagoda Gavrilović (0000-0003-3327-3884, University of Kragujevac), Marija Šorak (0000-0002-3571-0091, University of Kragujevac), Marko Spasić (0000-0001-7144-1696, University of Kragujevac), Nela Djonovic (0000-0002-8426-012X, University of Kragujevac), Dragan Vasiljevic (0000-0003-3841-9002, University of Kragujevac), Dalibor Stajic (0000-0002-7887-5347, University of Kragujevac), Gordana Djordjevic (0000-0001-8295-2985, University of Kragujevac), Ognjen Djordjevic (University of Kragujevac), Jelena Vuckovic-Filipovic (0000-0001-6538-1068, University of Kragujevac), Radica Živković Zarić (0000-0002-6305-5485, University of Kragujevac), Marija Sekulić (0000-0002-5108-2398, University of Kragujevac, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume11
Pages1287756-1287756
Publication date2023-11-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2023.1287756
PMID38045960
OpenAlexW4388797356
LanguageEN
References cited22

Background Healthcare workers in intensive care units work under specifically hard conditions compared to healthcare workers who work under regular clinical conditions. In this sense, the research aims at assessing the level of burnout symptomatology among nurse technicians working in intensive care units for cardiovascular surgery and to compare those burnout levels with those recorded for medical technicians working under regular clinical conditions. Method The research was designed as a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of nurse technicians working in intensive care units specializing in cardiovascular surgery (70 participants) and nurse technicians working under regular clinical conditions (70 participants) at the Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases “Dedinje,” Belgrade, Serbia. To evaluate the manifestation of burnout syndrome at work, the analysis uses the Serbian version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). Results To examine the variances in the average sub-scores for burnout within two groups of medical technicians, the study used Two Independent Samples T -test. The statistically noteworthy differentiation was ascertained for emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment, but this does not hold true for depersonalization. However, the mean score values across the different burnout levels (low, moderate, high) are similar in two cohorts of respondents ( p > 0.05). Conclusion This study will serve as an impetus for a policy reform focused on ameliorating working conditions and improving healthcare workers' satisfaction and overall healthcare quality

Burnout · Depersonalization · Emotional exhaustion · Family medicine · Health care · Intensive care · Job satisfaction · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Occupational Health and Burnout · Psychology · Stress and Burnout Research

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