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Control as an approach to preventing burnout among health care personnel

dc.contributor.authorVeríssimo, R.
dc.contributor.authorSá, Luís O.
dc.contributor.authorBarreto, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-17T09:40:29Z
dc.date.available2017-01-17T09:40:29Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.updated2017-01-10T12:21:00Z
dc.description.abstractThe burnout syndrome may be understood as a result of sustained physiological activation upcoming from occupational stress, together with the failure of the subject to cope with job situation—at stimulus level or on consequent reaction. Under this model, one can put forward two main conditions to prevent burnout through emotional regulation: (1) awareness of the uneasiness on the part of the subject enabling him to (2) act over those demands. The aim of the present study was to gain additional information about the relationship between burnout and control. With a mean age of 33.6 years (S.D.=9.06), subjects were 273 oncology nurses (33 men and 240 women) with direct care responsibilities. All subjects completed the Portuguese adaptations of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, to assess the burnout syndrome, and the Working Conditions and Control Questionnaire, which elicits six job control aspects. The correlations between MBI and control show that individuals who reported greater control feel more personal accomplishment, decreased emotional exhaustion, and display less depersonalization. Moreover, prediction of burnout through regression analysis shows that it is highly dependent of all control variables. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that burnout is mostly due to the lack of control over stressful work conditions.
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dc.identifier.citationVERÍSSIMO, R.; SÁ, Luís; BARRETO, J. - Control as an approach to preventing burnout among health care personnel. – In The ICPM 17th World Congress Waikoloa, Hawaii, U.S.A., 23 – 28 August, 2003. – In Journal of Psychosomatic Research. ISSN: 0022-3999. Vol. 55, Nº 2, (2003) 174-174pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00287-3pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0022-3999
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/21232
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.titleControl as an approach to preventing burnout among health care personnelpt_PT
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
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