Burnout Syndrome and Quality of Life in Nursing Professors of a Public University
Abstract
Objective: To characterize the sociodemographic conditions of nursing teachers, evaluate the SB, check the perception of quality of life and analyze the quality of life of these according to the physical, psychological, social relationships and environment. Method: This is a study of exploratory, descriptive and quantitative approach, conducted with 35 teachers of nursing course. For this we used the SBI and the WHOQOL-BREF. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: 4 were identified (11.43%) teachers with high level, 9 (25.71%) with an average level of 15 (42.86%) with low and 6 (17.14%) with very low symptoms for Burnout. On the issue of quality of life, the perception of quality of life and satisfaction with health obtained regular classification. Conclusion: It is necessary to strengthen the measures that can prevent the SB and study strategies to face this problem in academia.
Published
Jun 7, 2016
How to Cite
FONSÊCA, Leila de Cássia Tavares da et al.
Burnout Syndrome and Quality of Life in Nursing Professors of a Public University.
International Archives of Medicine, [S.l.], v. 9, june 2016.
ISSN 1755-7682.
Available at: <http://imed.pub/ojs/index.php/iam/article/view/1554>. Date accessed: 27 jan. 2021.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3823/1970.
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Section
Global Health & Health Policy
Keywords
Burnout; Occupational health; Professors; Quality of Life.

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