Rocío Rodríguez-Rey1, Alba Palacios2, Jesús Alonso-Tapia3, Elena Pérez4, Elena Álvarez5, Ana Coca6, Santiago Mencía7, Ana Marcos8, Juan Mayordomo-Colunga9, Francisco Fernández10, Fernando Gómez11, Jaime Cruz2, Olga Ordóñez2, Ana Llorente2. 1. Department of Psychology, School of Biomedical Sciences, European University of Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: rocio.rodriguez.rey@gmail.com. 2. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. 3. Department of Biological and Health Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. 4. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, País Vasco, Spain. 5. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain. 6. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Spain. 7. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Spain. 8. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. 9. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain. 10. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Spain. 11. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Yagüe, Burgos, Spain.
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INTRODUCTION: Our aims were (1) to explore the prevalence of burnout syndrome (BOS) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of Spanish staff working in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and compare these rates with a sample of general paediatric staff and (2) to explore how resilience, coping strategies, and professional and demographic variables influence BOS and PTSD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a multicentre, cross-sectional study. Data were collected in the PICU and in other paediatric wards of nine hospitals. Participants consisted of 298 PICU staff members (57 physicians, 177 nurses, and 64 nursing assistants) and 189 professionals working in non-critical paediatric units (53 physicians, 104 nurses, and 32 nursing assistants). They completed the Brief Resilience Scale, the Coping Strategies Questionnaire for healthcare providers, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the Trauma Screening Questionnaire. RESULTS: Fifty-six percent of PICU working staff reported burnout in at least one dimension (36.20% scored over the cut-off for emotional exhaustion, 27.20% for depersonalisation, and 20.10% for low personal accomplishment), and 20.1% reported PTSD. There were no differences in burnout and PTSD scores between PICU and non-PICU staff members, either among physicians, nurses, or nursing assistants. Higher burnout and PTSD rates emerged after the death of a child and/or conflicts with patients/families or colleagues. Around 30% of the variance in BOS and PTSD is predicted by a frequent usage of the emotion-focused coping style and an infrequent usage of the problem-focused coping style. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Interventions to prevent and treat distress among paediatric staff members are needed and should be focused on: (i) promoting active emotional processing of traumatic events and encouraging positive thinking; (ii) developing a sense of detached concern; (iii) improving the ability to solve interpersonal conflicts, and (iv) providing adequate training in end-of-life care.
INTRODUCTION: Our aims were (1) to explore the prevalence of burnout syndrome (BOS) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of Spanish staff working in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and compare these rates with a sample of general paediatric staff and (2) to explore how resilience, coping strategies, and professional and demographic variables influence BOS and PTSD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a multicentre, cross-sectional study. Data were collected in the PICU and in other paediatric wards of nine hospitals. Participants consisted of 298 PICU staff members (57 physicians, 177 nurses, and 64 nursing assistants) and 189 professionals working in non-critical paediatric units (53 physicians, 104 nurses, and 32 nursing assistants). They completed the Brief Resilience Scale, the Coping Strategies Questionnaire for healthcare providers, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the Trauma Screening Questionnaire. RESULTS: Fifty-six percent of PICU working staff reported burnout in at least one dimension (36.20% scored over the cut-off for emotional exhaustion, 27.20% for depersonalisation, and 20.10% for low personal accomplishment), and 20.1% reported PTSD. There were no differences in burnout and PTSD scores between PICU and non-PICU staff members, either among physicians, nurses, or nursing assistants. Higher burnout and PTSD rates emerged after the death of a child and/or conflicts with patients/families or colleagues. Around 30% of the variance in BOS and PTSD is predicted by a frequent usage of the emotion-focused coping style and an infrequent usage of the problem-focused coping style. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Interventions to prevent and treat distress among paediatric staff members are needed and should be focused on: (i) promoting active emotional processing of traumatic events and encouraging positive thinking; (ii) developing a sense of detached concern; (iii) improving the ability to solve interpersonal conflicts, and (iv) providing adequate training in end-of-life care.
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