Burn out e estilos de coping em enfermeiros que assistem pacientes oncológicos / Burn out and the coping styles used by oncology nurses that assist oncology patients

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

This descriptive exploratory and correlative study adopted the quantitative method and the aim was to characterize and analyse the burn out among oncology nurses regarding the relations with personal and occupational variables. The sample was represented by 77 nurses working in oncology clinical and surgical units in five hospitals in the city of São Paulo. Three tools were used for the data collect: a demographic and occupational inventory data made by the author, the Maslach and Jackson Burn out Inventory and the Folkman and Lazarus Coping Inventory. The results showed that 53,3% of the nurses demonstrated some kind of symptom of burn out, being 29,9% with alteration in one dimension, 14,3% with alteration in two dimensions and 9,1% with alteration in three dimensions. It wasn’t verified in this sample any important statistic difference between the demographic and occupational variables and burn out. The main stressors identified by the nurses were the death and dying, the conflict with doctors and the nursing team and the emergency situations. There was a statistic difference between personal accomplishment dimension and the stressor death and dying and the copings social support and escape. Also between the emotional exhaustion dimension and the stressor conflict with doctors and nursing team and the coping escape. The nurses used more frequently problem solving and positive reappraisal as coping styles, and the less used was the act of escaping

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enfrentamento oncologia coping estresse burn out oncology burn out nurse enfermeiro stress coping

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