Burnout Syndrome among Dental professors: a cross-sectional study

• Autor(a) principal: Nascimento, Vanessa Leandro
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Revorêdo, Saulo Fernando, Nascimento, Eduarda Helena Leandro, Brasil, Danieli Moura, Freitas, Deborah Queiroz, Lima, Georgina Agnelo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/557
• topic: Dental Faculty. Dentistry. Higher Education. Stress; Psychological. Professional Burnout.; Docentes de Odontologia. Educação Superior. Esgotamento Profissional. Estresse Psicológico. Odontologia.

Burnout Syndrome (BS) is characterized by stress and exhaustion related to work and affects professionals from different fields. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of BS among professors of a Brazilian Dental School and to investigate whether there are sociodemographic factors associated with this condition. Forty-eight out of 72 dental professors (66.7%) participated in the survey. Data were collected through a sociodemographic questionnaire adapted from the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), which analyzes this condition in four dimensions: personal burnout (PB), work-related burnout (WRB), coworker-professor-related burnout (CWPRB) and patient-related burnout (PRB). Descriptive analysis, Student’s t-test and ANOVA test were performed. Among the responders, 60.4% had graduated from a Dental School more than 15 years, and 64.6% worked as clinical professors. The highest average scores corresponded to dimensions WRB (2.51) and PB (2.43), while the lowest was related to CWPRB (1.96) and PRB (1.81). Scores were not related to gender, time since graduation or years of teaching experience. Most subjects rated working conditions as "regular" (43.7%) and "poor" (29.2%), with significant differences concerning the variable materials and equipment. In conclusion, some respondents have shown a trend to present BS, above all in the PB and WRB dimensions. Similar studies should be performed in different Dental Schools to know the syndrome presence and prevent its development or progression.