Supporting in grief and burnout of the nursing team from pediatric units in Chilean hospitals

Abstract

Objective To know the levels of Burnout Syndrome and perception of grief support in nursing teams of oncology and pediatric intensive care in public hospitals in Chile. Method A study of descriptive cross-sectional design. The Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Grief Support Health Care Scale were applied to university-level and technical nursing professionals between March and November 2015. An analysis to compare the means was performed with use of the Student's t-test, and the level of significance was set at 5%. Results The study included 153 professionals. Results show 4% of professionals have Burnout Syndrome (BS) and 89% are at risk of having it. Oncology professionals are at higher risk as they present higher levels of emotional exhaustion and lower levels of personal fulfillment. Half of professionals have a high level of perception of grief support, which is greater in the oncology team. Conclusion Professionals working in pediatric oncology units are at increased risk of Burnout Syndrome and grief support may be a mediating factor in this process.

Burnout Syndrome in Paediatric Oncology Nurses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…In other studies, childless status was found to be related to increased D among younger nurses [34]. Edmonds et al [36] observed that young nurses presented higher levels of EE than older ones; on the other hand, burnout has also been associated with being 40 years or more [34,39,41]. In relation to organisational and other occupational factors, Reyes-Marrero et al [40] reported an association between burnout and a relative lack of professional experience, while Liakopoulou et al [40] found this same factor to be associated with increased D. For Gallagher and Gormley [37], the three dimensions of burnout were related to inexperience, i.e., the lower the level of experience, the greater the EE and D and the lower PA.…”

“…Finally, a low prevalence of PA (which is measured in the inverse sense to that of the other dimensions) under 20% was only found in two studies [37,41], which reported values of 13.3% and 16.7%, respectively, while the remaining studies obtained higher values, ranging from 22.8 to 41% [34][35][36]38]. The above findings are presented in detail in Table 1.…”

“…The highest prevalence of D (29.8%) was reported by Zanatta and Lucca [38]. The values reported by other researchers ranged from 8.6 to 25% [34][35][36]40], with the exception of Gallagher and Gormley [37], who measured only 3.3% of high D.…”

“…In this respect, some studies reported higher levels of burnout among female nurses [40,41], while others showed a statistically significant relationship between married status, male gender and increased EE [37,38]. In other studies, childless status was found to be related to increased D among younger nurses [34]. Edmonds et al [36] observed that young nurses presented higher levels of EE than older ones; on the other hand, burnout has also been associated with being 40 years or more [34,39,41].…”

“…Two studies reported a high prevalence of EE, with values of 48.4% [34] and 57.14% [35], while another three obtained values ranging from 24.6 to 34.1% [36][37][38]. The lowest prevalence, 15.6%, was obtained by Italia et al [39].…”