HYGIENIC ASPECTS OF PREVENTION OF EMOTIONAL BURNING SYNDROME IN NURSES OF MULTIPROFILE DEPARTMENTS OF HOSPITALS

Authors

  • O. V. Lototska I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • V. V. Lytvynyuk Acad. D. Zabolotnyi Vinnytsia Basic Medical College
  • O. M. Sopel I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • G. A. Krytska I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • S. V. Kucher I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2020.3.11616

Keywords:

medical staff, questionnaire, emotional burnout syndrome, prevention

Abstract

Purpose: to analyze the presence of emotional burnout in nurses of various clinical departments.

Materials and Methods. On the basis of health care institutions in Vinnytsia, an anonymous survey of 150 medical workers of different clinical departments was conducted. A number of questions were asked to assess the symptoms of emotional burning syndrome. Most of them were closed and provided answers “Yes” or “No”, or the choice of one of the proposed options. The age of the respondents ranged from 20 to 50 years old. Work experience ranged from 2 to 25 years. Nurses from the psychiatric, surgical, resuscitation, therapeutic, neurosurgical, operating, traumatological, neurological, hematological, otolaryngological physiotherapeutic and admission departments of the hospital were interviewed.

Sociological and medical-statistical methods were used for assessment the results of the study.

Results. It was found that the negative impact of psycho-emotional factors on their health is noted by 62 % of respondents. The most complaints of increased irritability for minor events were made by nurses of neurosurgical (76.9 %) and admission (71.4 %) departments; dizziness was most noted by physicians of intensive care units (46.6 %) and ENT departments (41.6 %). Employees of physiotherapy (66.6 %) and psychiatric (58.8 %) departments complained the most about headaches. Rapid fatigue was noted by 56.2 % of nurses in the surgical department and 44.4 % in the neurology department. Among nurses who experienced a deterioration in their health, more than half (55.9 %) of respondents were aware of the problem and prevented the further development of emotional burnout by various preventive measures.

Conclusions. Timely detection and prevention of stress, compliance with recommendations, and use of methods and means of prevention will significantly reduce the risk of the syndrome in nurses. Carrying out a set of measures aimed at preventing the onset of emotional burnout will be useful not only to improve the quality of professional duties of nurses, but also to create a favorable atmosphere in hospitals and other health care facilities.

Author Biographies

O. V. Lototska, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

DSc, PhD, MD, Prof. of the Department of General hygiene and ecology, Professor of the Department of General Hygiene and Ecology of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

V. V. Lytvynyuk, Acad. D. Zabolotnyi Vinnytsia Basic Medical College

Specialist of Vinnitsa State Medical College

O. M. Sopel, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

MD, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of General Hygiene and Ecology of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

G. A. Krytska, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

MD, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of General Hygiene and Ecology of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

S. V. Kucher, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine Propaedeutics and Phthisiology of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

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Published

2020-12-22

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Lototska, O. V., Lytvynyuk, V. V., Sopel, O. M., Krytska, G. A., & Kucher, S. V. (2020). HYGIENIC ASPECTS OF PREVENTION OF EMOTIONAL BURNING SYNDROME IN NURSES OF MULTIPROFILE DEPARTMENTS OF HOSPITALS. Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (3), 19–23. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2020.3.11616

Issue

No. 3 (2020)

Section

Health and society

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