Borges, Elisabete

Fiabane, Elena

Queirós, Cristina

Ruggieri, Rafaella

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ENFERMAGEM  DO TRABALHOÍndiceNOVAS PERSPETIVAS DA ENFERMAGEMROL  Novembro-Dezembro103Burnout among Italian and Portuguese nursesIntroduction and Aims: Ac-cording to the World Health Organi-zation (Jylha et al., 2017), in Europe, nurses represent the majority of health professionals, having a key role in health care delivery systems. However, in their job contexts, they are facing more and more demands that contribute to the increase of stress and burnout, which seems to be similar in different countries (Iro, 2018) and has been highlighted in several empirical studies or sys-tematics reviews (Li, Cheng & Zhu, 2018; Marques et al., 2018; Monsal-ve-Reyes et al., 2018; Pradas-Her-nandez et al., 2018). This study aims to identify and to compare burnout levels in a sample of Italian and Por-tuguese nurses, and to verify how they vary according to socio-demo-graphic/job characteristics. Methodology: Through snowba-ll method we applied online, during June 2018, the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (Demerouti et al. 2003) to a sample of 180 Italian and 150 Portuguese nurses, who voluntarily participated, being 87% women, 62% working in public hospitals, 18% in private hospitals and 20% in primary health care, 17% with precarious contract, 76% working in shifts, aged between 22-58 years (M=38.17) and having job experience between 1-38 years (M=14.45). Results and Discussion: Comparative analysis revealed that Portuguese nurses present higher levels of emotional exhaustion and disengagement, with 22% of Portuguese nurses and 13% of Ita-lians having high exhaustion level. Sociodemographic/labour variables influence more in Portugal, with greater disengagement in men, less exhaustion among nurses with more graduation, and less exhaus-tion and disengagement among nurses in primary care (and more among nurses working in private hospitals). These results confirm that nurses are a vulnerable group to burnout (Monsalve-Reyes et al., 2018; Pradas-Hernandez et al., 2018). Conclusions: The percentages of high emotional exhaustion between 13-22% constitute a warning sign for the sickness process of these nur-ses, and, despite some differences between countries, it is important to invest in occupational health of the-se professionals and apply to them, in the area of Occupational Health Nursing (Borges, 2018) burnout prevention programs that combine individual and organizational inter-ventions (Ahola, Toppinen-Tanner & Seppanen, 2017; Awa, Plauman & Walter, 2010).RAFFAELLA RUGGIERI; De-partment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Itália; Psicóloga, Mestre em Psicologia;   raffaella.ruggieri01@universita-dipavia.itELENA FIABANE; Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, ICS Maugeri Spa SB, Institute of Genoa Nervi, & Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Itália;  Psicoterapeuta e Docente por contrato; Doutorada em Psicologia;   elenamaria.fiabane@unipv.itCRISTINA QUEIRÓS; Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto; Porto; Professora Auxiliar; Doutorada em Psicologia;   cqueiros@fpce.up.ptELISABETE BORGES; ESEP - Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto/CINTESIS - Center for Health Techno-logy and Services Research; Porto; Professora Adjunta; Doutorada em Enfermagem;   elisabete@esenf.ptKEYWORDS: Burnout; Comparative study; Italy/Portugal; Nurses. Ruggieri R., Fiabane E., Queirós C., Borges E. Burnout among Italian and Portuguese nurses. Suplemento digital Rev ROL Enferm 2019; 42(11-12)

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