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Abstract
Burnout syndrome among intensive care units staff
By Hossam A. Ahmad
ABSTRACT
Objectives: Review on burnout syndrome prevalence in physicians and nurses working in intensive care units and discuss the consequences and management of the syndrome.
Methods: The articles were selected from the Pupmed, MedLine, LILACS and Sci-Elo data base using the key words: stress, burnout, physicians, nursing, consequences, management, pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit, medical intensive care unit and surgical intensive care unit.
Results: Researches on this subject showed that the ICU is a workplace fraught with a multitude of stressors, which can take a toll on the staff. Health professionals who work in intensive care units are strong candidates for developing burnout syndrome. Staff burnout appears a particularly important issue for critical care, as along with having serious consequences for individual caregiver well-being, burnout may also have serious implications for quality of care and patient safety within the ICU.
Conclusions: Professionals, who work in intensive care units, due to the specificity of their job, are liable of developing occupational stress, and consequently burnout. These results suggest the need to research the matter further, with the objective of developing preventive measures and intervention models.
Keywords: Burnout, professional; Intensive care units; Nursing; Stress; Physicians