Survey shows that 83% of health professionals with Burnout syndrome: ‘Exhaust’ | Fantastic

An unprecedented survey shows that 83% of health professionals present signs of Burnout Syndrome: a disease that occurs when exhaustion in relation to work is complete, physical and mental.

Considering the total survey, including professionals who are and those who are not on the front line, Burnout Syndrome appeared in 79% of doctors; 74% of nurses; and 64% of the nursing technicians. The data also indicate that the younger the professional, the greater the probability of exhaustion and that the syndrome appears more in women.

In Sergipe, nurse Juliana, 35, lives with her husband and their only daughter, Cecília, eight years old. While her mother was on the front lines of the pandemic, Cecília went to her grandparents’ house in Bahia. The professional works in an emergency unit in Boquim, 80 kilometers from Aracaju, and also in a public hospital in the capital. It was at the height of the epidemic there, between June and July, that the symptoms appeared.

“We work with risk all the time. (…) I started with gastrointestinal disorders, handshake, feet. I panicked “

In Manaus, Dr. Anne, 27, is in her second year of residency and works in three hospitals. The numbers and the city’s case curve suggest that the peak of the pandemic has passed, but the routine remains heavy.

“I kept arriving patient. We counted seven intubations that day. My shift started at 7 am. Around 7 pm, I had to leave, go to the bathroom to cry, because I had been very excited. They were ladies, young gentlemen.” In my 50s, 60s and the memory came to my mom, my dad, and everything was very exhausting at that time, I went to the bathroom, I cried all I needed to cry. I recovered. And I came back because they still had 12 more hours of service ”.

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