Burnout at the hospital: Healthcare workers coping with COVID-19 stress

• Autor(a) principal: FREITAS, Maria Fernanda Marciano Barros de
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: ENUMO, Sônia Regina Fiorim, MACHADO, Wagner de Lara, MESSIAS, João Carlos Caselli, MENDES, Elisa Donalísio Teixeira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/10069
• topic: Adaptation, psychological; Burnout, psychological; COVID-19; Health professionals; Adaptação psicológica; Esgotamento psicológico; COVID-19; Profissionais de saúde

ObjectiveThe first wave of COVID-19 was challenging for healthcare workers. This study analyzed the ways of coping with stress at a university hospital.MethodA Sociodemographic Characterization, Risk and Exposure Assessment, Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-23), and COVID-19 Coping Scale were responded online by 181 professionals.ResultsThe sample was composed mainly of women, white, married, physicians, with one job. Over 80% of the sample were at high exposure and risk for infection, with 17.1% having tested positive. The most reported stressors were risks of transmitting the disease, being hospitalized, and being separated from loved ones; 11% presented the risk of/probable burnout, with exhaustion and emotional impairment. They presented adaptive coping strategies, such as problem-solving and information-seeking, with a negative correlation between adaptive coping and burnout. Being a physician with maladaptive coping, in psychiatric care, and having religious beliefs were predictors of burnout. ConclusionPromoting adaptive coping may improve the mental health of these workers.