Stress and burnout in a group of intensive care unit
medical personnel – a preliminary study

Jakub Lickiewicz; Barbara Salawa; Wojciech Serednicki; Patricia Hughes; Marta Makara

doi:10.5114/ppiel.2021.110451

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Original paper

Stress and burnout in a group of intensive care unit medical personnel – a preliminary study

Jakub Lickiewicz

¹

,

Barbara Salawa

²

,

Wojciech Serednicki

³

,

Patricia Paulsen Hughes

⁴

,

Marta Makara

¹

Department of Health Psychology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Faculty of Psychology, Pedagogy and Humanities, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Cracow, Poland
Intensive Care Unit, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Health and Human Performance, Oklahoma State University, United States

Nursing Problems 2021; 29 (1): 22-25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ppiel.2021.110451

Online publish date: 2021/11/07

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Introduction
Stress and burnout occur frequently among doctors and nurses. The goal of the work was to analyse differences in coping strategies and burnout between doctors and nurses in an intensive care unit.

Material and methods
The research was carried out in the intensive care unit of the Emergency Medicine Trauma and Disaster Centre of the University Hospital in Krakow, Poland. There were 119 participants: 37 male doctors, 23 female doctors, and 59 female nurses. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Mini-COPE Stress Management Inventory were used.

Results
Differences between medical doctors (MDs) in the level of burnout and coping strategies were found.

Conclusions
Interventions aimed at the welfare and psychological needs of health care professionals should be promptly implemented by hospital management, with a view to reducing psychological distress.

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Stress and burnout in a group of intensive care unit medical personnel – a preliminary study

Jakub Lickiewicz 1 , Barbara Salawa 2 , Wojciech Serednicki 3 , Patricia Paulsen Hughes 4 , Marta Makara 1

doctor, nurse, stress, burnout

Jakub Lickiewicz

¹

,

Barbara Salawa

²

,

Wojciech Serednicki

³

,

Patricia Paulsen Hughes

⁴

,

Marta Makara

¹