AUTHOR=Nenadovic Aleksandar , Radovanovic Snezana , Joksimovic Stefan , Gavrilovic Jagoda , Sorak Marija , Spasic Marko , Djonovic Nela , Vasiljevic Dragan , Stajic Dalibor , Djordjevic Gordana , Djordjevic Ognjen , Vuckovic-Filipovic Jelena , Zivkovic Zaric Radica , Sekulic Marija TITLE=Burnout syndrome among medical nurse-technicians in intensive care units in cardiovascular surgery JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=11 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1287756 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1287756 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=Background

Healthcare workers in intensive care units work under specifically hard conditions compared to healthcare workers who work under regular clinical conditions. In this sense, the research aims at assessing the level of burnout symptomatology among nurse technicians working in intensive care units for cardiovascular surgery and to compare those burnout levels with those recorded for medical technicians working under regular clinical conditions.

Method

The research was designed as a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of nurse technicians working in intensive care units specializing in cardiovascular surgery (70 participants) and nurse technicians working under regular clinical conditions (70 participants) at the Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases “Dedinje,” Belgrade, Serbia. To evaluate the manifestation of burnout syndrome at work, the analysis uses the Serbian version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS).

Results

To examine the variances in the average sub-scores for burnout within two groups of medical technicians, the study used Two Independent Samples T-test. The statistically noteworthy differentiation was ascertained for emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment, but this does not hold true for depersonalization. However, the mean score values across the different burnout levels (low, moderate, high) are similar in two cohorts of respondents (p > 0.05).

Conclusion

This study will serve as an impetus for a policy reform focused on ameliorating working conditions and improving healthcare workers' satisfaction and overall healthcare quality.