A ocorrência da síndrome de Burnout nos acadêmicos do último ano do curso de fisioterapia

• Autor(a) principal: Vasconcelos, Renata Prado
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Castro, Carolina Araújo, Moura Neto, Alcenor Rodrigues de, Rocha, Soraya Gomes, Barros, Adriana Rolim Campos, Abdon, Ana Paula Vasconcellos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/13446
• topic: Esgotamento Profissional; Estudantes; Fisioterapia

Burnout syndrome is defined as the phenomenon of professional stress, easily detected in academic and professional health care. Objective: To investigate the occurrence of burnout in the last academic year of Physical Therapy from an institution of higher education (IHE). Methodology: We conducted a cross-sectional study with 50 students of physical therapy for a particular IES in the city of Fortaleza. We used the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) consists of 22 items answered using a visual analog scaleranging from 0 (never) to 6 (all day). Results: The sample consisted of 38 (76%) were female, aged 20-38 years, with media of 22.2 ± 3,02 years. With regard to emotional exhaustion, 27 (54%) had high scores. About the depersonalization and personal accomplishment, 20 (40%) and 28 (46%) exhibited low score, respectively. Conclusion: The students last year Physical Therapy showed signs of stress consistent with Burnout medium, possibly linked to the sum of the demands of professional practice with academic activities.