OCCUPATIONAL BURNING IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL EMPLOYEES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF LVIV REGION)

Authors

  • N. O. Terenda I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • T. B. Pavliv I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • N. O. Slobodian I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2021.1.12139

Keywords:

professional burnout, emergency medical workers, age, work experience

Abstract

Purpose: to assess the presence of burnout in emergency medical workers.

Materials and Methods. A survey of 157 emergency medical workers in the Lviv region was conducted using the burnout test by K. Maslach and S. Jackson to determine the presence and degree of burnout.

Results. According to the results of the survey, the predominance among respondents of employees under the age of 49 (81 %) and women 58.0 %. The majority of respondents were junior specialists with medical education. High professional qualification is confirmed by the presence of the highest qualification category in more than half of the respondents. In (50.32±3.99) % there was an average level of emotional exhaustion, in (22.29±3.32) % – high. When determining the depersonalization of the person, a low level was observed – in (28.66 ± 3.61) %, medium – in (61.78±3.88) %, high – in (7.64±2.12) %. The average level of reduction of personal achievements was found in (23.57±3.39) %, high – in (51.59±3.99) %, very high – in (22.93±3.36) % of respondents. The average level of burnout in respondents is 53.38±0.91 (average level). When establishing a correlation-regression relationship, the influence of age rxy = 0.2563 (p = 0.001) and professional experience rxy = 0.3225 (p = 0.000) on the development of burnout was revealed.

Conclusions. Employees of EMD of Lviv region had an average level of occupational burnout in (62.42±3.86) % and a high level of occupational burnout in (1.27±0.89) %. One of the factors that led to the development of burnout was the age of the respondents and their work experience in EMD. The high level of burnout was indirectly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Author Biographies

T. B. Pavliv, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

студент ІІ курсу медичного факультету Тернопільського національного медичного університету імені І. Я. Горбачевського МОЗ України, спеціальність «Громадське здоров’я»

N. O. Slobodian, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

PhD (Economics and Enterprises Management), Associate Professor Public Health and Health care Management Department, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

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2021-06-02

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Terenda, N. O., Pavliv, T. B., & Slobodian, N. O. (2021). OCCUPATIONAL BURNING IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL EMPLOYEES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF LVIV REGION). Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (1), 29–32. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2021.1.12139

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No. 1 (2021)

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