Abstract

SANJUAN ESTALLO, Laura; ARRAZOLA ALBERDI, Oihana  and  GARCIA MOYANO, Loreto María. Prevalence of burnout syndrome in nurses of the Cardiology, Pneumology and Neurology, Hospital San Jorge of Huesca. Enferm. glob. [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.36, pp.253-264. ISSN 1695-6141.

The objective was to determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome in nurses of the Cardiology, Pneumology and Neurology, Hospital San Jorge of Huesca.We performed a cross-sectional study, the sociodemographic variables were collected using a specifically designed questionnaire, the burnout syndrome was measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory in its validated Spanish version.The total number of participants was 22. The average age was 40.8 years, 36.4% work in the service of Cardiology, 31,8% of Pneumology and 31,8% of Neurology (Ictus Area).No significant statistically differences were found of syndrome disease by age or between nursing staff dedicated to serving Neurology (Ictus Area) and other units (p = 0.630).

Keywords : Burnout Syndrome; Nursing; Maslach Burnout Inventory.

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