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Stress and Burnout in Health Professionals

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Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health

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Occupational stress and burnout are a global epidemic that can cause severe negative effects on workers’ physical and emotional health. Health professionals working in a hospital setting are especially at risk, due to the inherent characteristics of their work. Consequently, this study aimed to analyse the relationships between stress and burnout in health professionals working in a hospital in the North of Portugal. A convenience sample of 221 health professionals participated in this cross-sectional study and answered two instruments to assess stress and burnout at work. Results showed that stress dimensions, such as the precariousness of the contractual status, the intention to change services, work overload, stress from the work-home interface, relationships at work, leading training activities, and dealing with patients predicted the three dimensions of burnout—physical fatigue, cognitive weariness, and emotional exhaustion. Therefore, these findings contribute to increase the knowledge of health professional’s mental conditions, and can be used to design and implement interventions to mitigate the effects of stress and burnout on these professionals.

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  1. School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Alice Gonçalves

  2. School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Liliana Fontes & A. Rui Gomes

  3. School of Nursing, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Clara Simães

  4. Institute of Health Sciences, Portuguese Catholic University, Porto, Portugal

    Clara Simães

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  1. DPS, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Pedro M. Arezes

  2. DEM, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    João S. Baptista

  3. DPS, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Mónica P. Barroso

  4. DPS, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Paula Carneiro

  5. DPS, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Patrício Cordeiro

  6. DPS, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Nélson Costa

  7. Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Cruz Quebrada–Dafundo, Portugal

    Rui B. Melo

  8. DPS, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    A. Sérgio Miguel

  9. Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Gonçalo Perestrelo

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Gonçalves, A., Fontes, L., Simães, C., Gomes, A.R. (2019). Stress and Burnout in Health Professionals. In: Arezes, P., et al. Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 202. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14730-3_60

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