TY - JOUR
KW - Descriptive study
KW - Stress
KW - Burnout
KW - Job satisfaction
KW - personal relationship
AU - Lourdes Farrerons Noguera
AU - Fernando Calvo Francés
AB - Burnout syndrome, the result of chronic work-related stress, causes a significant deterioration of workers  health, especially that of health care workers. It constitutes an ever increasing concern for governmental and private organizations, political leaders and trade unions. Various studies, both national and international, have been carried out with different groups of health workers in their various health care facilities, obtaining mixed results. The objective of this paper is to describe burnout indicators using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1986) on a sample of 101 nurses from public hospitals in Gran Canaria s southern health care area. Results confirm the high levels of burnout syndrome in those studies, Burnout levels were even higher than those found in other healthcare professions within the same autonomous community. These results are probably related to the difficulties nurses experience in their personal relationships at work and with the job s particular characteristics. The stimulating and positive side of their work is probably the best antidote against burnout syndrome.
IS - 1
M3 - Journal article
N2 - Burnout syndrome, the result of chronic work-related stress, causes a significant deterioration of workers  health, especially that of health care workers. It constitutes an ever increasing concern for governmental and private organizations, political leaders and trade unions. Various studies, both national and international, have been carried out with different groups of health workers in their various health care facilities, obtaining mixed results. The objective of this paper is to describe burnout indicators using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1986) on a sample of 101 nurses from public hospitals in Gran Canaria s southern health care area. Results confirm the high levels of burnout syndrome in those studies, Burnout levels were even higher than those found in other healthcare professions within the same autonomous community. These results are probably related to the difficulties nurses experience in their personal relationships at work and with the job s particular characteristics. The stimulating and positive side of their work is probably the best antidote against burnout syndrome.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2008
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 101
EP - 113
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Descriptive study of burnout syndrome in a sample of nurses from Gran Canaria s southern health care area
VL - 14
ER -