Prevalencia de síntomas de burnout en profesionales de enfermería*

Autores/as

Palabras clave:

Promoción de la Salud, Salud Laboral, Salud Mental, Agotamiento Psicológico, Agotamiento Profesional

Resumen

Objetivo: Estimar la prevalencia de síntomas de burnout en una muestra conformada por trabajadores de enfermería.

Método: Estudio observacional y transversal, con muestreo no probabilístico. Los participantes del estudio fueron 3594 enfermeros, técnicos y auxiliares de enfermería brasileños. Los datos se recolectaron en un entorno virtual entre abril y julio de 2022, utilizando la Burnout Assessment Tool - Versión general. En la fase del análisis de los datos se calcularon los valores medios y se clasificaron las puntuaciones de burnout en cuatro niveles.

Resultados: Se observó predominio de niveles moderados de agotamiento (42,29%), distanciamiento mental (38,59%), deterioro cognitivo (54,73%), deterioro emocional (52,56%), distrés psicológico y quejas psicosomáticas (49,55%).

Conclusión: El predominio de niveles moderados de síntomas de burnout refuerza la necesidad de implementar estrategias eficaces para prevenir enfermedades mentales en los profesionales de enfermería; eso incluye reducir la cantidad de riesgos psicosociales en el contexto laboral, con el fin de promover ambientes de trabajo saludables.

Biografía del autor/a

Lacir José Santin Júnior, Universidade de São Paulo

Enfermero. Maestría en Enfermería. Programa de Postgrado en Enfermería, Universidad de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

Isabely Karoline da Silva Ribeiro, Universidad de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

Enfermero. Maestría en Enfermería. Escuela de Enfermería de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Postgrado en Enfermería, Universidad de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

Samuel Andrade de Oliveira, Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

Enfermero. Doctorado en Enfermería. Profesor de la Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

Maynara Fernanda Carvalho Barreto, Universidad de São Paulo

Enfermero. Doctorado en Enfermería. Investigadora Postdoctoral de la Escuela de Enfermería de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Postgrado en Enfermería, Universidad de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

Ana Carolina Gomes Martins de Oliveira, Universidad de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

Enfermero. Maestría en Enfermería. Candidato a doctorado en la Universidad de São Paulo. Escuela de Enfermería de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Postgrado en Enfermería, Universidad de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

Fernanda Ludmilla Rossi Rocha, Universidad de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

Enfermera. Doctorado en Enfermería. Profesor de la Universidad de São Paulo, Escuela de Enfermería de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Postgrado en Enfermería, Universidad de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.

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2026-05-19

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Santin Júnior, L. J., Ribeiro, I. K. da S., de Oliveira, S. A., Barreto, M. F. C., de Oliveira, A. C. G. M., & Rocha, F. L. R. (2026). Prevalencia de síntomas de burnout en profesionales de enfermería*. Cogitare Enfermagem, 31. Recuperado a partir de https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/99103

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