Burnout syndrome: evaluation in dentists in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil

Autores

  • Sandro Dias Rocha Mendes Carneiro
  • Camila Castro Tourinho
  • Tathiane Araújo Pedrosa do Vale
  • Yvonne de Souza Gurjão Campêlo
  • Fábio de Almeida Gomes
  • Danilo Lopes Ferreira Lima

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21726/rsbo.v10i3.932

Palavras-chave:

Burnout syndrome; dentists; occupational disease.

Resumo

The objective of this study was to assess the occurrence
of burnout syndrome in dentists in the city of Fortaleza. Material
and methods: By means of an analytical-descriptive research of
quantitative character through the application of a MBI (Maslach
Burnout Inventory) and a socio-cultural questionnaire. Results: The
sample of 100 respondents was equally divided into female and male
(50%), with a mean age of 38.09 years, 60% married, 34% single
and 6% divorced. Most of the participants had between one and
20 years of tenure (62%), with a predominance of weekly working
hours from 21 to 40 hours (44%). Conclusion: Burnout syndrome
was diagnosed in 32% of respondents, without statistical significant
differences in the relationship among gender and working hours,
marital status and years of tenure (Mann Whiteney p < 0.005).

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Publicado

2014-09-30

Como Citar

Sandro Dias Rocha Mendes Carneiro, Camila Castro Tourinho, Tathiane Araújo Pedrosa do Vale, Yvonne de Souza Gurjão Campêlo, Fábio de Almeida Gomes, & Danilo Lopes Ferreira Lima. (2014). Burnout syndrome: evaluation in dentists in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. RSBO, 10(3), 266–71. https://doi.org/10.21726/rsbo.v10i3.932

Edição

v. 10 n. 3 (2013): Revista Sul-Brasileira de Odontologia - 2013. Jul-Sep

Seção

Original Research Article