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[Burnout syndrome among physiotherapists].

BACKGROUND: Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment. Symptoms of burnout include mental and physical exhaustion, accompanied by psychosomatic disorders and emotional problems. Burnout occurs most often in people employed in occupations requiring working with people (human services) as a result of coping with stress and experience numerous failures at work. The aim of the research is the analysis of burnout among physiotherapists and demographic factors and conditions that may contribute to the burnout.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: 212 (137 woman and 75 man) physiotherapists completed an anonymous questionnaire to assess burnout created by Owczarek and Olczyk. The age of respondents ranged between 20 to 56 years, with work experience from several months to more than 30 years.

RESULTS: Total score of burnout was 115,66 (SD 21,78). On the scale of attitude to work 36,82 was achieved, workload - 34,76, contact with the patient - 27,54, and an attitude towards stress - 16,54, which means that the result obtained fit in the lower zone including average results concerning the level of burnout. Women had a higher level of professional burnout than men. Respondents who reported that their working conditions are not conducive to achieving therapeutic success (quality of equipment, size of treatment rooms, treatment technologies), exhibited a higher level of burnout. The average result of the level of burnout among physiotherapists is lower than all the results obtained in other occupational groups of health care workers, lead with the same diagnostic tool.

CONCLUSIONS: Burnout syndrome among practicing physiotherapists require further study, taking into account the type and quality of jobs, but also the level of referral among professional physiotherapists.

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