The relationship between job satisfaction, burnout syndrome and depressive symptoms: An analysis of professionals in a teaching hospital in Brazil

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 97; no. 49; p. e13364
• Main Authors: Oliveira, Alan Maicon de, Silva, Marcus Tolentino, Galvão, Taís Freire, Lopes, Luciane Cruz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health 01.12.2018
• Subjects: Administrative Personnel - psychology; Adolescent; Adult; Brazil; Burnout, Professional - complications; Burnout, Professional - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression - complications; Depression - epidemiology; Female; Health Personnel - psychology; Hospitals, Teaching; Humans; Income; Job Satisfaction; Male; Middle Aged; Observational Study; Sex Factors; Syndrome; Time Factors; Young Adult; Brazil

Research shows an instability in the way workers in the healthcare field live, and a prevalence of an unhealthy lifestyle. Exhaustion, an overload of obligations and responsibilities and dissatisfaction are all factors that may result in both physical and mental disorders. The aim of our study is to...