![]() ![]() Such patients also have the characteristics of more complications, especially infection. They may die or regain consciousness, or they may remain the state of unconscious or minimally conscious for longer. ![]() Patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (DOC) are those who are under the state of unconscious (coma, vegetative state/unresponsiveness wakefulness syndrome) and/or minimal conscious (minimally consciousness state). ![]() It is also widely used in the study of physiological and psychological burnout of healthcare professionals. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) was designed to assess the frequency and intensity of perceived burnout among persons in the helping professionals in general. Therefore, it is very important to focus on the mental health problems of healthcare professionals and evaluate risk factors for burnout in order to take preventive measures as early as possible. However, normally the process of burnout is slow and difficult to detect in its early stage, but it should be treated as a public health issue. It was estimated that more than a third of healthcare professionals suffer from psychological morbidity according to specific risk factors, such as gender, marital status, age, job demands, medical specialty, and so on. It primarily reflects psychological pressure encountered in the work environment, which reduces the quality of life for healthcare staff and may even result in drug abuse, physical illness, depression, or death. This syndrome is prevalent and recognized as a major problem among healthcare professionals caring for critically ill patients, especially in the fields of psychiatry, geriatric care, emergency care, and surgical and intensive care. Since the 1980s, scholars have carried out some studies in the field of job burnout of nurses in many medical specialties. Especially those who were younger, nurse, unmarried, less practice experience or lower educational levels were more likely to experience high burnout.īurnout syndrome is characterized by mental and emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a low sense of personal accomplishment. Healthcare professionals who care for patients with disorders of consciousness experienced high levels of burnout. The variables of age (< 29 years old), occupation (nurses), marital status (unmarried), years of practice (< 5 years), and educational level (≤ Undergraduate) were associated with high levels of burnout. Reduced personal accomplishment was correlated with marital status. For the risks and Maslach Burnout Inventory scores, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization were correlated with age, gender, occupation, marital status, years of practice, and education level. In this study, 61 participants (65.6%) showed burnout (55.2% physicians and 82.9% nurses). ResultsĪ total of 200 questionnaires were distributed, 121 were collected, among them 93 questionnaires could be used for further analysis. Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey was used to evaluate burnout in professionals who specially care for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness in the neurorehabilitation department. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of burnout and related contributing personal and environment factors in healthcare professionals managing these patients. However, only few studies researched the burnout status of healthcare professionals who care for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness. Burnout is more common among healthcare professionals, that is an important problem of professional distress that can seriously affect healthcare professionals’ emotional state, health, medical quality and doctor-patient relationship. ![]()
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