Periodicidad semestral: flujo continuo.
ISSN - Electrónico: 2661-6947 / DOI: 10.36015 • LILACS BIREME (19784); LATINDEX (20666)
OBJECTIVE. It was to provide updated information about the prevalence, risk factors and ways to control and mitigate the Burnout Syndrome in medical and nursing professionals working in Critical Care Areas. An exhaustive search was carried out in Tripdatabase, Pubmed, Scielo and Google Scholar, both in English and in Spanish, beginning in 1970, with an emphasis on the Latin American population. The conceptual evolution was analyzed based on the initial definition of Maslach and the dimensions that comprise it, as well as the MBI test used for the diagnosis. In a second part, several studies on prevalence according to the economic activity and specialties of Critical Medicine were detailed, highlighting the national survey made to doctors of different specialties of the United States, whose result contrasted with studies in South America, both in Brazil like from Argentina. With this background, we analyzed the risk factors for Emergency and Intensive Care personnel, susceptible units for the development of chronic work stress due to the type of patients they handle and the ethical decisions that are made. CONCLUSION. Establish and implement measures at the individual and organizational level, aimed at preventing their development and mitigating the serious consequences that may affect these professionals and indirectly their patients.
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