2019
DOI: 10.1111/jjns.12269
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Impact of social support in preventing burnout syndrome in nurses: A systematic review

Abstract: Aim: Burnout is a reality in the nursing profession. It is composed of three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment, and results from being subjected to chronic stress in the healthcare context. Social support (SS), that is, the assistance and protection given by others, is a predictive and protective factor against burnout syndrome. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between SS, in its different forms, and burnout syndrome in nurses, and to id… Show more

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“…Occupational burnout in nurses is a hot topic in nursing associations: studies show that the physical and psychological pressures of caring for patients lead to occupational burnout in the long run and, thus, nurses' length of service, work shifts, and salary must be rede ned according to the type of patients they care for and the units where they work [29]. However, most of these studies report the occupational burnout of nurses with 5 years' or more work experience to be average, which is not consistent with the ndings if the present study [29][30][31]. This discrepancy can be attributed to the sudden emergence of COVID-19 which is highly infectious and has signi cantly increased nurses' workload and caused them to have to work longer shifts and stay away from their families in the past few months.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 78%
“…Occupational burnout in nurses is a hot topic in nursing associations: studies show that the physical and psychological pressures of caring for patients lead to occupational burnout in the long run and, thus, nurses' length of service, work shifts, and salary must be rede ned according to the type of patients they care for and the units where they work [29]. However, most of these studies report the occupational burnout of nurses with 5 years' or more work experience to be average, which is not consistent with the ndings if the present study [29][30][31]. This discrepancy can be attributed to the sudden emergence of COVID-19 which is highly infectious and has signi cantly increased nurses' workload and caused them to have to work longer shifts and stay away from their families in the past few months.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 78%
“…However, this is not the way the analysis is conducted (see above). majority were German-speaking (n = 1124, 79.7%), women (n = 934, 66.2%), had a median age of 34 years [ [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] and median professional experience of 10 years [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Median working hours in the sample was 45 [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Regarding the clinical application of the results, it should be noticed that, for those nurses that have burnout, it is important to implement some intervention that have proven benefit for burnout like mindfulness [ 55 ]. Furthermore, for preventing burnout nursing managers from palliative care units should try to offer social support because it reduce stress and give emotional assistance [ 56 ]. They should also improve workload, family life conciliation, and interventions for promoting the psychological variables related with lower burnout scores.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%