Facing COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Hospital in Milan: Prevalence of Burnout in Nursing Staff Working in Sub-Intensive Care Units
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Staff and Organization of SICUs
2.2. Measures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | |
---|---|
Age, years | 39 (9.8) |
Males | 40 (38.1) |
Females | 65 (61.9) |
Career, years | |
<1 | 5 (4.8) |
1–5 | 19 (18.1) |
6–10 | 28 (26.7) |
≥11 | 53 (50.5) |
MBI Subscales | n (%) |
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Emotional Exhaustion (EE) | |
Low | 14 (13.3) |
Medium | 26 (24.8) |
High | 65 (61.9) |
Depersonalization (DP) | |
Low | 21 (20.0) |
Medium | 34 (32.4) |
High | 50 (47.6) |
Personal Accomplishment (PA) | |
Low | 33 (31.4) |
Medium | 36 (34.3) |
High | 36 (34.3) |
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Bisesti, A.; Mallardo, A.; Gambazza, S.; Binda, F.; Galazzi, A.; Pazzaglia, S.; Laquintana, D. Facing COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Hospital in Milan: Prevalence of Burnout in Nursing Staff Working in Sub-Intensive Care Units. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 6684. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136684
Bisesti A, Mallardo A, Gambazza S, Binda F, Galazzi A, Pazzaglia S, Laquintana D. Facing COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Hospital in Milan: Prevalence of Burnout in Nursing Staff Working in Sub-Intensive Care Units. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(13):6684. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136684
Chicago/Turabian StyleBisesti, Alberto, Andrea Mallardo, Simone Gambazza, Filippo Binda, Alessandro Galazzi, Silvia Pazzaglia, and Dario Laquintana. 2021. "Facing COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Hospital in Milan: Prevalence of Burnout in Nursing Staff Working in Sub-Intensive Care Units" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13: 6684. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136684