FACTORS RELATED TO THE OCCURRENCE OF BURNOUT SYNDROME IN HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN PUBLIC MATERNITIES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Abstract

The challenges of the current pandemic imposed on health professionals the adequacy of the work process, including in maternity hospitals, which was often in direct contradiction with the evidence of humanization of care. This can result in increasing levels of occupational damage. In this sense, the study aimed to analyze the factors associated with burnout syndrome (BS) among health professionals who work in the care of pregnant women, postpartum women and newborns in public maternity hospitals in Aracaju during the coronavirus pandemic. This is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, carried out with health professionals who worked in maternal and child care in maternity hospitals. The sample was carried out for convenience and had the participation of 218 professionals, the findings revealed that 98.2% of professionals had positive symptoms in at least one of the three dimensions evaluated, which suggested the diagnosis of BS. The pandemic had a strong impact on the emotional health of the teams of the maternity hospitals studied, which resulted in a high occurrence of BS. Based on the presence of factors that predisposed to the emergence of the syndrome, an implementation of actions that seek to take care of the work environment of these professionals can be suggested.