Moral distress and its contribution to the development of burnout syndrome among critical care providers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Burnout appears to be common among critical care providers. It is characterized by three components: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. Moral distress is the inability of a moral agent to act according to his or her core values and perceived obligations due to internal and external constraints. We aimed to estimate the correlation between moral distress and burnout among all intensive care unit (ICU) and the step-down unit (SDU) providers (physicians, nurses, nurse technicians and respiratory therapists).

Methods

A survey was conducted from August to September 2015. For data collection, a self-administered questionnaire for each critical care provider was used including basic demographic data, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) a

SUBMITTER: Fumis RRL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5479870 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature