Working Environment and Burnout Syndrome

Burnout syndrome among multinational nurses working in Saudi Arabia.

BACKGROUND Nursing Staff is reported to be under extreme state of stress, leading to burnout syndrome (BS). Most of the studies have been conducted among the nurses working in their home countries. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of BS among a multinational nursing workforce in Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS King Fahd University Hospital, AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia, is a te...

Chapter 26. Work Stress and Burnout Among Nurses: Role of the Work Environment and Working Conditions

Stress has been categorized as an antecedent or stimulus, as a consequence or response, and as an interaction. It has been studied from many different frameworks (or perspectives?). For example, Selye proposed a physiological assessment that supports considering the association between stress and illness. Conversely, Lazarus (p. 19) advocated a psychological view in which stress is “a particula...

Prevalence of burnout syndrome among physiotherapist working in intensive care units and step down unit

Methods We applied a specific questionnaire to the physiotherapy team in the intensive care unit and step down, with questions describing the socio-demographic and occupational variables of the participants, plus specific information to describe the burnout using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). This instrument consists of 22 items, ranging from “0” as “never” to “6” as “every day”, distrib...

Burnout syndrome, working conditions, and health: a reality among public high school teachers in Brazil.

The objective of the study was to evaluate the occurrence of Burnout Syndrome in 100 teachers of six public high schools and its correlation with working conditions in a southeast city of Brazil. Characterization of the sample occurred after application of a socio-demographic questionnaire. Evaluation of the working conditions was done by means of an Ergonomic Working Analysis. The presence of ...

What is Burnout Syndrome (BOS)?