Open AccessBurnout among Physicians Working in Palliative Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Portugal: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
José Vítor Gonçalves,
Luísa Castro,
Rui Nunes,
Guilhermina Rêgo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta médica portuguesa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1646-0758
pISSN - 0870-399X
DOI - 10.20344/amp.18361
Subject(s) - burnout , depersonalization , emotional exhaustion , palliative care , medicine , cross sectional study , family medicine , health care , nursing , psychology , clinical psychology , pathology , economics , economic growth
Physicians working in palliative care have a greater risk of burnout. Burnout has three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduction of personal accomplishments. Burnout is associated with different consequences for the professionals like less professional satisfaction and increase of overall levels of exhaustion. Burnout in healthcare professionals has an impact in the patients with increased probability of clinical erros. In order to monitor the quality of the care it is mandatory to assess overall levels of burnout. This study aimed to determine burnout levels and associated variables of physicians working in the Portuguese national network of palliative care.