metricas
covid
Buscar en
Enfermería Intensiva (English Edition)
Toda la web
Inicio Enfermería Intensiva (English Edition) Levels of burnout and exposure to ethical conflict and assessment of the practic...
Journal Information
Vol. 34. Issue 4.
Pages 195-204 (October - December 2023)
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Visits
4
Vol. 34. Issue 4.
Pages 195-204 (October - December 2023)
Original article
Levels of burnout and exposure to ethical conflict and assessment of the practice environment in nursing professionals of intensive care
Niveles de burnout y de exposición a conflicto ético de los profesionales de enfermería de cuidados intensivos
Visits
4
V. Salas-Bergüesa, E. Lizarazu-Armendárizb, M. Eraso-Pérez de Urabayenb, P. Mateo-Manriqueb,
Corresponding author
pmateom@unav.es

Corresponding author.
, M. Mendívil-Pérezb, R. Goñi-Viguriac
a Enfermería, Área de Investigación, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
b Enfermería, Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
c Enfermería, Práctica Avanzada del Área de Críticos, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Spain
This item has received
Article information
Abstract
Full Text
Bibliography
Download PDF
Statistics
Tables (4)
Table 1. Sociodemographic variables.
Table 2. Burnout subscales.
Table 3. Perception of environmental factors.
Table 4. Index of exposure to ethical conflict: Scenarios and scores.
Show moreShow less
Abstract
Background

Nursing professionals working in Intensive Care Units (ICU) are at high risk of developing negative emotional responses as well as emotional and spiritual problems related to ethical issues. The design of effective strategies that improve these aspects is determined by knowing the levels of burnout and ethical conflict of these professionals, as well as the influence that the practice environment might have on them.

Objectives

To analyze the relationship between levels of burnout, the exposure to ethical conflicts and the perception of the practice environment among themselves and with sociodemographic variables of the different intensive care nursing professionals.

Methods

Descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional, observational study in an ICU of a tertiary level university hospital. The level of burnout was evaluated with the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey scale; the level of ethical conflict with the Ethical Conflict Questionnaire for Nurses and the perception of the environment with the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. The association between categorical variables was analyzed using Fisher’s exact chi-square test (χ2)

Results

31 nurses and 8 nursing assistants were evaluated, which meant a participation rate of 82,93%. 31,10% of the nursing professionals presented signs of burnout, 14,89% considered that they work in an unfavorable environment and 87,23% presented a medium-high index of exposure to ethical conflict.

The educational level (χ2=11.084, p=0.011) and the professional category (χ2=5.007, p=0.025) influenced the level of burnout: nursing assistants presented higher levels of this.

When comparing the level of burnout with the environment and the index of ethical conflict, there were no statistically significant differences.

Conclusions

The absence of association found in the study between Burnout and ethical conflict with the perception of the practice environment suggests that personal factors may influence its development.

Keywords:
Burnout
Ethical conflict
Nursing
Practice environment
Intensive care unit
Resumen
Introducción

Los profesionales de enfermería que trabajan en Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) poseen un alto riesgo de desarrollar respuestas emocionales negativas, así como problemas emocionales y espirituales relacionados con cuestiones éticas. El diseño de estrategias efectivas que mejoren estos aspectos viene determinado por el conocimiento de los niveles de burnout y conflicto ético de dichos profesionales, así como la influencia que el entorno de la práctica puede tener en ellos.

Objetivo

Analizar la relación existente entre niveles de burnout, exposición a conflicto ético y la percepción del ambiente de la práctica entre sí y con las variables sociodemográficas de los diferentes profesionales de enfermería de cuidados intensivos.

Metodología

Estudio transversal correlacional en una UCI de un hospital universitario de nivel terciario. Se evaluó el nivel de burnout con la escala Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human-Services Survey; el nivel de conflicto ético con el cuestionario de conflictividad ética para enfermeros y la percepción del entorno con la escala Practice-Environment-Scale of the Nursing-Work-Index. La asociación entre variables categóricas ha sido analizada mediante el test exacto de Fisher de chi-cuadrado(χ2).

Resultados

Se evaluaron 39 enfermeras y 8 auxiliares, obteniendo una tasa de participación del 82,93%. El 31,10% de los profesionales de enfermería presentaron signos de burnout, el 14,89% consideraron que trabaja en un entorno desfavorable y el 87,23% presentaron un índice de exposición a conflicto ético medio-alto.

El nivel educativo (χ2=11,084, p=0,011) y la categoría profesional (χ2=5,007, p=0,025) influyeron en el nivel de burnout, presentando las auxiliares mayores niveles del mismo.

Al comparar el nivel de burnout con el entorno y el índice de conflicto ético no hubo diferencias estadísticamente significativas.

Conclusiones

La ausencia de asociación encontrada en el estudio entre Burnout y conflicto ético con la percepción del entorno de la práctica hace pensar que los factores personales pueden influir en su desarrollo.

Palabras clave:
Burnout
Conflicto ético
Enfermería
Ambiente de la práctica
Unidad de cuidados intensivos

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Enfermería Intensiva (English Edition)
Member
Si es usted socio de SEEIUC :
Diríjase al área de socios de la web de la SEEIUC, (https://seeiuc.org/mi-cuenta/iniciar-sesion/) y autentifíquese.
Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Subscribe
Subscribe to

Enfermería Intensiva (English Edition)

Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
E-mail
Article options
es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos