BURNOUT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIVITY TO STRESS OF MEDICAL STAFF IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Abstract
The new pandemic context increases the mental reactivity to stress of health representatives by summing up the conditions of overwork, measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and excessive media coverage. Aim: To monitor the frequency of manifestation of mental symptoms of stress in medical staff, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and methods: The prospective study, from which we present preliminary data, was conducted on a group of 147 subjects, medical staff and support staff from COVID and non-COVID hospitals, who gave their free consent to answer questions referring to the development of reactive symptoms caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The questionnaire used was adapted, with the author's consent, from the original published in 1993 in “In the Tiger’s Mouth: An Empowerment Guide for Social Action”, specifically intended to investigate the burnout syndrome. Results: The most frequently to answer were nurses (42.2%) and the resident doctors (29.3%). Moderate psychological impairment was the most frequent symptom (57.1%) and was more frequently mentioned by subjects from non-COVID hospitals (> 50%, p = 0.046). Severe impairment of mental function was more frequently mentioned by subjects from hospitals with COVID profile (40.7%). Conclusions: The results of this study confirm the prognostic value of psychological stress symptoms in the onset of the burnout syndrome. The current pandemic context favors a different reaction to stress, especially on medical staff exposed to multiple consumptive factors.
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