Analysis of Risk of Burn Out at Workers in the Field of Social Services and Health Care

• Authors: Zuzana Budayová , Lucia Ludvigh Cintulová , Lenka Mrosková

Abstracts

EN

Aim. The aim of the research was to analyse the burnout rate of these social workers and nurses, as well as to determine the relationship between burnout syndrome and other important factors, including lifestyle, stress, resistance to stress and other selected demographic indicators. Methods. The Maslach Burnout Inventory was used to collect burnout data in 2021 during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The research sample consisted of 623 women aged 35-55 who work in social services facilities for the elderly and nurses working in the geriatrics department at a hospital in the western part of Slovakia. Results. Research has shown that lifestyle has a significant impact on the development of burnout syndrome in connection with the quality of work and personal relationships, which can help eliminate feelings of frustration, exhaustion and personal failure in the workplace. Burnout affects social workers regardless of age and education, but with older age and length of practice in the same facility, the risk of manifestations of burnout increases. Significant differences in burnout rates between social workers and nurses in the individual dimensions of exhaustion, depersonalisation and professional attitudes were confirmed. High levels of exhaustion have even shown an increased risk of alcohol consumption among these workers. Conclusion. The development of chronic stress in health care workers can put them at risk of burnout, which is characterized by emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP) in interactions with patients and social clients, and low levels of personal accomplishment (PA) in social work and health care.

Keywords

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Burn out; signs of burn out; Social work; health care

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 365-380

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Zuzana Budayová

• Faculty of Theology, The Catholic University in Ružomberok Spišská Kapitula 12, Spišské Podhradie, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000000261713384

author

Lucia Ludvigh Cintulová

• St. Elisabeth University of Health and Social Work Nám. 1. Mája 1, 811 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000000264480547

author

Lenka Mrosková

• Department of Ethics and Aesthetics Faculty of Arts Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 948 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs2023.1.365.380

Biblioteka Nauki

18668779