Scores and Risk Factors Associated with Burnout Among
Professionals of Child and Adolescent Health Care
Volume 2 - Issue 3
Luciana de Barros Correia Fontes*, Armiliana Soares do Nascimento, Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti, Criseuda Maria
Benício Barros, Rosa Maria Mariz de Melo Sales Marmhoud Coury, Darlene Cristina Ramos Eloy Dantas, Virgínia
Paula Batista de Brito, Maria da Conceição de Barros Correia, Niedje Siqueira de Lima, Sônia Maria Soares da
Silva, Samuel Rodrigo de Andrade Veras and Guilherme Soares Gomes da Silva
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- Department of Clinical and Preventive Dentistry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
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Luciana de Barros Correia Fontes, Department of Clinical and Preventive Dentistry, Federal University of
Pernambuco, Brazil
Received: February 01, 2019 Published: February 22, 2019
DOI: 10.32474/IPDOAJ.2018.02.000142
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Abstract
Background: In recent dentistry scientific research, it has been observed that worker´s mental health has been an object
of investigation. Due to several implication both in functional performance and quality of life affiliates by some people with this
disorder. This paper reports the prevalence and risk associated with burnout syndrome (BS) in children and adolescent’s health
care professionals.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with descriptive and analytical statistics (based on margin of error 5.0%). The
study area includes the city of Campina Grande, Paraiba State, Northeastern Brazilian. The instruments for data collection were
interview with structured questionnaires The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) and a demographic
questionnaire were used (n=87). For data analysis we used Student’s t-test and ANOVA.
Results: The final sample was composed of 63 professionals (72.4 % of the universe). According to the data, 90.5 % of
participants were female, mean age 41 years ± 12.33. The prevalence of scores related to BS occurred in 49.2% of investigated;
46.0% in the initial phase for this disease and 3.2% with Burnout installed. These patients presented predominantly low level of
emotional exhaustion (57.1%) and moderate levels of depersonalization. All had a high professional achievement. Variables, marital
status and family incomes were positively associated with depersonalization.
Conclusion: Approximately half of professionals of health care for children and adolescents reported symptoms related to
BS scores, making necessary a more focused approach to the diagnosis and intervention methods to be adopted for the target
population discriminated.
Keywords:Burnout; Health Personnel; Comprehensive Health Care; Child, Teenager
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