OBJECTIVE: to analyze the indicators of burnout peculiar to health workers from units of Primary Health Care. METHOD: integrative review of the literature structured in the stages: guiding question; search; categorization of studies; assessment; discussion; and interpretation of results, and synthesis of knowledge. Search for original articles and reviews published from 2000 to 2016, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, in the main databases of the health area. Descriptors used: Nursing, Burnout and Primary Health Care. RESULTS: 14 articles met the proposed inclusion criteria, six (42.85%) presented a sample of nurses and eight (57.15%) health professionals. CONCLUSION: Primary Health Care workers are exhausted due to inadequate working conditions characterized by the lack of human and physical resources that leads to work overload, workplace violence and difficulty with teamwork, despite being satisfied with the work environment.
OBJECTIVE: to analyze the indicators of burnout peculiar to health workers from units of Primary Health Care. METHOD: integrative review of the literature structured in the stages: guiding question; search; categorization of studies; assessment; discussion; and interpretation of results, and synthesis of knowledge. Search for original articles and reviews published from 2000 to 2016, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, in the main databases of the health area. Descriptors used: Nursing, Burnout and Primary Health Care. RESULTS: 14 articles met the proposed inclusion criteria, six (42.85%) presented a sample of nurses and eight (57.15%) health professionals. CONCLUSION: Primary Health Care workers are exhausted due to inadequate working conditions characterized by the lack of human and physical resources that leads to work overload, workplace violence and difficulty with teamwork, despite being satisfied with the work environment.