Demographic and academic characteristics that contribute to burnout occurrence in nursing students-Analytic study

Abstract

Objective: Several features, such as workload, irregular practice of sports, and work experiences may contribute to the Burnout However, although different investigations have assessed the associations between demographic and academic characteristics and Burnout across different countries, few studies were conducted in Brazil, especially with nursing students. So, we assessed the association of demographic and academic variables to Burnout occurrence in nursing students.Methods: This is a quantitative, analytical and cross-sectional study. We applied a Form to demographic and academic characterization and the Maslach Burnout Inventory in 570 nursing students between April 2011 and March 2012. To compare the occurrence of Burnout and of its subscales regarding to sociodemographic and academic variables, we used the Chi-Square test and the Fisher exact test (Tables 2 × 2), p < .05. The Ethics Research Committee at the University approved this project under protocol No. 0380.0.243.000-10.Results: Burnout occurrence is higher among students enrolled in first semester, who attend 10 disciplines, without thoughts of leaving the course and who has no job activity. The high Emotional Exhaustion and low Professional Efficacy predominate among unemployed students, and who never thought in leaving the course. The high Cynicism predominated among students aged 20-24 years, enrolled in first semester, who does not work and without experience in healthcare.Conclusions: Few demographic and academic characteristics contribute to Burnout occurrence in nursing students, raising the need of interventions to relieve stress in this population.

Burnout and academic satisfaction of nursing students in traditional and integrated curricula

“…Most students were female, which was also true of studies conducted in Brazil and elsewhere, as this is a socio-historical characteristic of nursing originating from the fact that care is culturally attributed to women (4)(5)(6)(7) . It should be also considered that exhaustion is higher among young female undergraduate students (7)(8) .…”

“…Studies conducted in Brazil (4) , Italy (5) , China (6) , and Spain (7) have evaluated burnout syndrome in undergraduate nursing students, finding a high level of exhaustion associated with low dispositional empathy (5) , a negative professional self-concept (6) , low resilience (7) , being in the first terms, taking more than 10 subjects simultaneously, and thinking of dropping out (4) . Chronic stress factors derive from specific educational characteristics, such as a high intra and extrauniversity course load, numerous academic activities to be executed within short deadlines, participation in teaching, research, and extension projects as extracurricular activities, interpersonal relations with peers and professors, and working in health services, where they face other people's suffering and fear of harming patients by causing adverse events, situations which may overload them and lead to burnout syndrome (3) .…”

Burnout syndrome in nursing students: An observational study

“…En esta línea, existen estudios que señalan el predominio del agotamiento emocional (Ríos-Risquez, et al, 2018), así como la despersonalización o cinismo (Marques da Silva, et al, 2018), apuntando a que se debe, entre otros factores a la idealización de la formación académica recibida y el posterior incumplimiento de las expectativas en el ámbito laboral. Diversos estudios señalan que la despersonalización se encuentra en mayor medida en estudiantes jóvenes (entre 20 y 24 años de edad), desempleados y sin experiencia previa en el ámbito sanitario (Marques da Silva, et al, 2018;Tomaschewski-Barlem, et al, 2014).…”

Metacognition and Ruminative Thinking as Predictors of Burnout: A Structural Equation Modelling

“…Therefore, H1 was accepted. It is knowns that nurses and nursing students have high burnout level (Da Silva et al, 2014;Da Silva et al, 2018;Zaghini et al, 2020). It can result from the fact that they take care of human directly and they are subject to academic demands such as tests, theoretical and practical training activities, research activities, and professional practices such as healthcare services and communication with patients as well as practices in provision of healthcare services (Da Silva et al, 2014).…”