Burnout Syndrome and shift work among the nursing staff 1

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Objective:

to analyze the factors associated with Burnout Syndrome among nursing workers according to work shift.

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cross-sectional study addressing a representative sample of 502 nursing workers from a philanthropic hospital facility. Data were collected using a characterization instrument, the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Service Survey and the Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple binary logistic regression.

Results:

levels of Burnout Syndrome were significantly higher among those working the day shift and associated factors included: high demand; low control; low social support; dissatisfaction with sleep and financial resources; being a nurse; and sedentariness. Professionals working the night shift, having low social support, being dissatisfied with sleep, having children, not having a religion, having worked for a short period in the institution, and being a nursing technician or aid were significantly more likely to experience high levels of the syndrome .

Conclusion:

psychosocial factors and factors from the work context, mainly low social support, were associated with the syndrome dimensions among nursing workers of both shifts.

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Nurses working 12-h shifts complain of fatigue and insufficient/poor-quality sleep. Objectively measured sleep times have not been often reported. This study describes sleep, sleepiness, fatigue, and neurobehavioral performance over three consecutive 12-h (day and night) shifts for hospital registered nurses. Sleep (actigraphy), sleepiness (Karolinska Sleepiness Scale [KSS]), and vigilance (Performance Vigilance Task [PVT]), were measured serially in 80 registered nurses (RNs). Occupational fatigue (Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery Scale [OFER]) was assessed at baseline. Sleep was short (mean 5.5 h) between shifts, with little difference between day shift (5.7 h) and night shift (5.4 h). Sleepiness scores were low overall (3 on a 1-9 scale, with higher score indicating greater sleepiness), with 45% of nurses having high level of sleepiness (score > 7) on at least one shift. Nurses were progressively sleepier each shift, and night nurses were sleepier toward the end of the shift compared to the beginning. There was extensive caffeine use, presumably to preserve or improve alertness. Fatigue was high in one-third of nurses, with intershift fatigue (not feeling recovered from previous shift at the start of the next shift) being most prominent. There were no statistically significant differences in mean reaction time between day/night shift, consecutive work shift, and time into shift. Lapsing was traitlike, with rare (39% of sample), moderate (53%), and frequent (8%) lapsers. Nurses accrue a considerable sleep debt while working successive 12-h shifts with accompanying fatigue and sleepiness. Certain nurses appear more vulnerable to sleep loss than others, as measured by attention lapses.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Rev Lat Am Enfermagem

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Rev Lat Am Enfermagem

Journal ID (publisher-id): rlae

Title: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Publisher: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo

ISSN (Print): 0104-1169

ISSN (Electronic): 1518-8345

Publication date (Electronic): 09 August 2018

Publication date Collection: 2018

Volume: 26

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[2 ]MSc, RN, Hospital Evangélico de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil.

[3 ]PhD, Adjunct Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil.

[4 ]Doctoral student, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil. Assistant Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Bandeirantes, PR, Brazil.

[6]Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Bandeirantes, PR, Brazil

[5 ]PhD, Associate Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil.

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Corresponding Author: Maria José Quina Galdino Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná Rod. BR 369, km 54 Bairro: Vila Maria CEP: 86360-000, Bandeirantes, PR, Brasil E-mail: mariagaldino@ 123456uenp.edu.br

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Other ID: 00337

DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.2550.3022

PMC ID: 6091368

SO-VID: d6c200ee-0ca9-488f-b47b-cfdfa6282f53

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