Burnout among nursing students: a mixed method study

• Published in: Investigación y educación en enfermería 2020-01, Vol.38 (1)
• Main Authors: Quina Galdino, Maria José, Brando Matos de Almeida, Laio Preslis, Ferreira Rigonatti da Silva, Luiza, Cremer, Edivaldo, Rolim Scholze, Alessandro, Trevisan Martins, Júlia, Fernandez Lourenço Haddad, Maria do Carmo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic achievement; agotamiento professional; Burnout; Burnout profesional; encuestas y cuestionarios; esgotamento profissional; estudantes de enfermagem; estudiantes de enfermería; Fatigue; Health risks; inquéritos e questionários; Mixed methods research; Nursing education; nursing students; Occupational stress; Original; questionnaires; Sociodemographics; Students; surveys
• ISSN: 0120-5307; 2216-0280; 2216-0280
• DOI: 10.17533/udea.iee.v38n1e07

Objective. Investigate the burnout syndrome among undergraduate students in nursing. Methods. Explanatory sequential mixed method study conducted at a public university in Brazil. Of the 119 nursing students, 114 consented to participate and answered a questionnaire composed of sociodemographic, academic variables, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Student Survey, which were analyzed by multiple linear regression. The participants of the quantitative phase with the indicative / risk of burnout were interviewed individually (n=21) to provide an in-depth understanding of the students' experiences regarding the dimensions of the syndrome, whose statements were analyzed by the Collective Subject Discourse. Results. The prevalence of burnout syndrome was 10.5% among the surveyed. The more advanced the school year, the higher were the exhaustion (p=0.003), depersonalization (p