Preditores da síndrome de Burnout em técnicos de enfermagem de unidade de terapia intensiva durante a pandemia da COVID-19

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and existence of predictive factors for Burnout syndrome in nursing technicians who work in an intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach with 94 intensive care nursing technicians The instruments used were: a form for collecting sociodemographic, occupational, behavioral data and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) in its Human Services Survey (HSS) version The association between the variables studied and the prevalence of Burnout syndrome was verified by bivariate analysis followed by hierarchical Poisson regression, with robust variance Results: It observed a prevalence of the syndrome in 25 5% of the analyzed sample The variables that, after multiple analysis, showed themselves as predictors associated with the higher prevalence of Burnout syndrome were: age > 36 years, working overtime, considering the workload as rigid and being alcoholic Conclusion: It is concluded that the prevalence of Burnout syndrome in nursing technicians who work in intensive care units and who are in the front line in the COVID-19 pandemic was high and sociodemographic, occupational and behavioral factors were shown as predictors of the syndrome © 2021, Editora Cientifica Nacional Ltda All rights reserved