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Recentes avanços políticos em Portugal destacam cada vez mais o interesse da
população por animais, sendo que é possível estarmos perante um aumento de médicos
veterinários num futuro próximo. No entanto, a medicina veterinária é uma profissão cada vez
mais reconhecida pelo seu risco de burnout. Esta doença desenvolve-se quando as exigências
do trabalho são demasiado elevadas e os recursos demasiado baixos e está associada a
problemas como absentismo, intenção para abandonar o trabalho, ansiedade, perda de
autoestima, depressão e, em casos extremos, suicídio. Esta investigação utiliza as condições
laborais e as variáveis sociodemográficas para analisar a incidência de burnout nestes
profissionais. Para tal elaborou-se um questionário online constituído por dois instrumentos:
sociodemográfico, condições laborais e Oldenburg Burnout Inventory. Os questionários foram
enviados para o Sindicato Nacional de Médicos Veterinários e para a Ordem dos Médicos
Veterinários para que fossem reencaminhados para os seus membros. Obteve-se um total de
1351 respostas válidas. Os dados foram primeiramente explorados descritivamente e depois
analisados através do método de regressão linear múltipla, com o objetivo de identificar a
influência das variáveis independentes (sociodemográficas e condições laborais) nas duas
dimensões de burnout, exaustão e disengagement. As variáveis independentes predizem 15,2%
da exaustão e 9.8% do disengagement. O género feminino apresenta níveis de exaustão mais
elevados; quanto maior o rendimento mensal e menor a carga horária menor a exaustão;
profissionais no regime de trabalho por conta própria são os menos exaustos, assim como os
que exercem nas áreas de Segurança Alimentar, Inspeção Sanitária, Laboratório de Investigação
e Docência e, mantêm dois empregos. Na dimensão disengagement, a amostra cujo rendimento
é superior a 1500 euros, ou que preferiu não identificar o valor, demonstra mais interesse no
trabalho, assim como os trabalhadores por conta própria, nas áreas Laboratório de Investigação
e Docência e com a carga horária entre 20 a 40 horas semanais. Cerca de 22.8% (308) dos
médicos veterinários desta amostra sofrem de níveis altos de exaustão e cerca de e 8.2% (110)
sofrem de níveis altos de disengagement.
Recent political advances in Portugal increasingly highlighted the population's interest in animals. Therefore, it is possible that we will be facing an increase in veterinarian physicians in the near future. However, veterinary medicine is a profession highly recognized for its risk of burnout. This disease develops when work demands are too high and resources too low. It is a consequence of chronic stress and is associated with problems such as absenteeism, intention to quit work, anxiety, loss of self-esteem, depression and, in extreme cases, suicide. This research uses the working conditions and socio-demographic variables to analyze the incidence of burnout in these professionals. For this purpose, an online questionnaire consisting in two instruments: Labor Conditions, Socio-demographic and Oldenburg Burnout Inventory. The questionnaire was sent to the National Union of Veterinary Physicians and Order of Veterinarian Physicians to be forwarded to their members. A total of 1351 valid answers were obtained. The data was first explored descriptively and then analyzed using the multiple linear regression method to identify the influence of the independent variables (socio-demographics and labor conditions) on the two burnout dimensions, exhaustion and disengagement. The independent variables were able to predict 15.2% of the exhaustion and 9.8% of the disengagement. The female gender is the most exhausted; the higher the monthly income and the lower the workload the less the exhaustion is present; self-employed professionals are the least exhausted, as well as those who work in the areas of Food Safety, Sanitary Inspection, Research Laboratory and Teaching, and have two jobs. In the disengagement dimension, the sample whose income is higher than 1500 euros, or preferred not to identify the value, demonstrates more interest, as well as self-employed workers in the areas of Research Laboratory and Teaching and workers with a workload between 20 to 40 hours a week. About 22.8% (308) of veterinarians physicians in this sample suffer from high levels of exhaustion and about 8.2% (110) suffer from high levels of disengagement.
Recent political advances in Portugal increasingly highlighted the population's interest in animals. Therefore, it is possible that we will be facing an increase in veterinarian physicians in the near future. However, veterinary medicine is a profession highly recognized for its risk of burnout. This disease develops when work demands are too high and resources too low. It is a consequence of chronic stress and is associated with problems such as absenteeism, intention to quit work, anxiety, loss of self-esteem, depression and, in extreme cases, suicide. This research uses the working conditions and socio-demographic variables to analyze the incidence of burnout in these professionals. For this purpose, an online questionnaire consisting in two instruments: Labor Conditions, Socio-demographic and Oldenburg Burnout Inventory. The questionnaire was sent to the National Union of Veterinary Physicians and Order of Veterinarian Physicians to be forwarded to their members. A total of 1351 valid answers were obtained. The data was first explored descriptively and then analyzed using the multiple linear regression method to identify the influence of the independent variables (socio-demographics and labor conditions) on the two burnout dimensions, exhaustion and disengagement. The independent variables were able to predict 15.2% of the exhaustion and 9.8% of the disengagement. The female gender is the most exhausted; the higher the monthly income and the lower the workload the less the exhaustion is present; self-employed professionals are the least exhausted, as well as those who work in the areas of Food Safety, Sanitary Inspection, Research Laboratory and Teaching, and have two jobs. In the disengagement dimension, the sample whose income is higher than 1500 euros, or preferred not to identify the value, demonstrates more interest, as well as self-employed workers in the areas of Research Laboratory and Teaching and workers with a workload between 20 to 40 hours a week. About 22.8% (308) of veterinarians physicians in this sample suffer from high levels of exhaustion and about 8.2% (110) suffer from high levels of disengagement.
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Burnout Médicos veterinários Saúde ocupacional Psicologia do Trabalho e das Organizações Veterinary physicians Occupational health Work and Organizational Psychology