Burden of Caregivers of Patients with Chronic Diseases in Primary Health Care: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece

- Toska, Aikaterini (orcid.org/0000-0002-6888-3394), Ralli, Sofia (orcid.org/0000-0002-0474-1602), Fradelos, Evangelos (orcid.org/0000-0003-0244-9760), Dimitriadou, Ioanna (orcid.org/0000-0001-7084-6560), Christakis, Anastasios (orcid.org/0000-0003-4805-1432), Vus, Viktor (orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-5323) and Saridi, Maria (orcid.org/0000-0002-9008-824X) (2024) Burden of Caregivers of Patients with Chronic Diseases in Primary Health Care: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece AIMS Public Health, 2 (11). pp. 543-556. ISSN 2327-8994

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Abstract

Healthcare workers in anesthesiology departments often experience burnout syndrome, which may be combined with anxiety and depression. The study aimed to assess the levels of burnout among nurses and physicians working in anesthesiology departments in public hospitals in Attica and to investigate a possible correlation between burnout, anxiety, and depression. A cross-sectional study was conducted on physicians and nurses working in anesthesiology departments in public hospitals in Attica, Greece. A questionnaire was distributed electronically using the snowball sampling method, including questions about demographic characteristics, burnout, anxiety, and depression. Physicians and nurses in anesthesiology departments were found to have moderate levels of burnout, and normal/low levels of anxiety and depression. More specifically, it was found that 2% of physicians and 14.4% of nurses had extremely elevated levels of burnout. On the other hand, 6.1% of physicians and 23.7% of nurses had high anxiety, while 6.1% of physicians and 15.5% of nurses had elevated levels of depression. Females (p = 0.008), staff aged 45–55 (p = 0.021), lower educational level (p = 0.025), nurses (p = 0.001), more than 21 years of service (p = 0.001), and having children (p = 0.008) were determinants of greater levels of personal burnout. Work-related burnout correlated with having children (p = 0.017), whereas client-related burnout was significantly higher for nurses (p = 0.002). In addition, a correlation was found between anxiety, depression, and increased levels of burnout (p = 0.000). As physicians and nurses working in anesthesiology departments have stressful jobs and work long hours, it is important to further study their physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion as well as psychological resilience levels.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	burnout, anxiety, depression, anesthesiology departments, health professionals
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 1 Philosophy. Psychology Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 314/316 Society > 316 Соціологія Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 6 Applied Sciences. Medicine. Technology > 61 Medical sciences
Divisions:	The Institute of Social and Political Psychology > Department of Science Administration
Depositing User:	науковий с Віктор Ілларіонович Вус
Date Deposited:	03 Sep 2024 07:45
Last Modified:	03 Sep 2024 07:45
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/742336

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