Burnout and quality of life in Portuguese healthcare professionals working in oncology and palliative care-a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families who are facing challenges associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering. Palliative care health professionals are considered a risk group for the development of burnout, since they live with severe disease and death, on a daily basis. With this work, the authors intend to evaluate the quality of life and risk of burnout in a group of health professionals, who work in a tertiary hospital dedicated to cancer patients.

Material and methods

The authors conducted a quantitative, descriptive, correlational and transversal study on palliative care professionals working with cancer patients. The evaluation protocol used to collect data

SUBMITTER: Goncalves F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10571454 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature