Burnout syndrome among undergraduate nursing students at a public university

Tomaschewski-Barlem, Jamila Geri; Lunardi, Valéria Lerch; Lunardi, Guilherme Lerch; Barlem, Edison Luiz Devos; Silveira, Rosemary Silva da; Vidal, Danielle Adriane Silveira

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Original Articles • Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem 22 (6) • Nov-Dec 2014 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3254.2498 copy

Burnout syndrome among undergraduate nursing students at a public university¹ 1 Paper extracted from master's thesis "Síndrome de burnout entre estudantes de graduação em enfermagem de uma universidade pública do Sul do Brasil", presented to Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil

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OBJECTIVE:

to investigate the burnout syndrome and its relationship with demographic and academic variables among undergraduate nursing students at a public university in Southern Brazil.

METHOD:

a quantitative study with 168 students, by applying an adaptation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Student Survey, validated for this study. We used descriptive and variance analysis of the data analysis.

RESULTS:

we found that students do not have the burnout syndrome, manifesting high average scores in Emotional Exhaustion, low in Disbelief and high in Professional Effectiveness; that younger students who perform leisure activities have greater Professional Effectiveness, unlike students in early grades with no extracurricular activities; combining work and studies negatively influenced only the Professional Effectiveness factor, while the intention of giving up influenced negatively Disbelief and Professional Effectiveness factors.

CONCLUSION:

the situations that lead students to Emotional Exhaustion need to be recognized, considering the specificity of their study environments.

Students, Nursing; Burnout; Nursing Education

Factors		N	Frequency
Emotional Exhaustion		168	(4.00)
	q-01 I feel emotionally drained by my studies	168	3.71
	q-04 I feel exhausted at the end of a day that I have class (classroom and laboratory)	168	4.56
	q-05 I feel exhausted at the end of a day that I practice / internship activities in health institutions	168	4.11
	q-08 I feel tired when I wake up to face another day of school (classroom and laboratory)	168	4.00
	q-16 I am consumed by my studies	168	3.64
Disbelief		168	(1.80)
	q-02 I question the meaning and the importance of my studies	168	2.61
	q-13 I have become less interested in studies since I joined this university	168	1.27
	q-14 I have become less interested in my studies	168	1.43
	q-19 I have been more skeptical of my potential and the usefulness of my studies	168	1.90
Professional effectiveness		168	(4.54)
	q-03 I have learned many interesting things in the course of my studies	168	5.32
	q-06 During class (lecture and lab room), I feel confident: I perform tasks effectively	168	4.44
	q-15 I consider myself a good student	168	4.51
	q-20 I believe that I am effective in contributing to classes (classroom and lab room) I attend	168	4.05
	q-21 I believe that I am effective in contributing to practical activities / internships in health institutions I attend	168	4.36

Factors		Emotional exhaustion		Disbelief		Professional Effectiveness
Factors		m	p	m	p	m	p
Age
	≤ 25 years (n=115)	-	-	-	-	4.64	0.042*
	> 25 years (n=53)					4.28
Works
	Yes (n=26)	3.34	0.010*	1.22	0.014*	4.12	0.026*
	No (n=142)	4.11		1.88		4.59
Performs leisure activity
	Yes (n=135)	-	-	-	-	4.63	0.009*
	No (n=33)					4.12
Current Grade
	1st – 4th grade (n=78)	-	-	-	-	4.37	0.050*
	5th – 9th grade (n=90)					4.67
Has extracurricular activity
	Yes (n=123)	-	-	-	-	4.63	0.041*
	No (n=45)					4.27
Intention to withdraw from the course
	Yes (n=55)	-	-	2.22	0.005*	4.26	0.016*
	No (n=113)			1.6		4.67

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[1] Corresponding Author: Edison Luiz Devos Barlem Rua Doutor Nascimento, 115 Centro CEP: 96200-300, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil E-mail: ebarlem@gmail.com