Religiousness/Spirituality, Resilience and Burnout in Employees of a Public Hospital in Brazil

Overview

Journal J Relig Health

Publisher Springer

Specialties General Medicine
Psychology
Social Sciences

Date 2018 Aug 23

PMID 30132180

Citations 7

Authors

Elida Mara Carneiro

Satyaki Afonso Navinchandra

Lorene Vento

Rodolfo Pessato Timoteo

Maria de Fatima Borges

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Abstract

The present study aimed to determine the relation between religiousness/spirituality (R/S), resilience and burnout in employees of a public hospital. A total of 57 participants were evaluated, and the R/S Brief Multidimensional Measure, Pesce and collaborators' resilience scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used. Most employees (91.2%) were females. It was observed that the burnout and resilience variables showed statistically significant differences in relation to R/S dimensions. The results identified an association between R/S, resilience and burnout, demonstrating that employees who are more religious and spiritualized have greater resilience and consequently are less often affected by burnout.

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