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THE BURNOUT SYNDROME. MRS ESTHER REYES. DEFINITION. Unnoticed damage Affects employees in: Quality of life Quality of work It´s related to assistant and support professions in areas such as: Healthy Service Education Agents Social Workers. 1º FREUDEMBERG (1974) Tiredness Anxiety
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THE BURNOUT SYNDROME MRS ESTHER REYES
DEFINITION • Unnoticed damage • Affects employees in: • Quality of life • Quality of work • It´s related to assistant and support professions in areas such as: • Healthy Service • Education • Agents • Social Workers
1º FREUDEMBERG (1974) Tiredness Anxiety Depression 2º MASLACH Y JACKSON Chronic stress 3º PINES, ARONSON, KAFRY Physical wear Mind wear Soul wear AUTHORS
GENERAL CAUSES Over work Lack of labour stability Negative environment at work Lack of psychosocial information SPECIAL NURSURY CASES Continuos approach with illness and death Hard labour journals Fear of getting sick CAUSES
DAMAGE IN HEALTH Physical synthoms Ways to behave Emotional synthoms DAMAGE IN QUALITY OF WORK Decrease of efficiency Absence at work Unsatisfied at work CONSECUENCES
STEPS • 1ºEnthusiasm • High energy level • 2º Stagnancy • Satisfy their needs • 3º Frustration • Well understanding of labour limits • 4ºApathy • Physical and emotional damages
PREVENTION • INSTITUCIONAL STRATGIES • Reduce amount of work • Work planing • Improvement of the physical conditions of the place of work
PREVENTION • GROUP STRATEGIES • Promote relationship between co-workers • Technical and emotional support • Help to keep up sympathy
PREVENTION • INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES • Find mechanisms to control stress • Have an agenda management • Improve of communication • Lifestyle improvement: do exercise, relax, spend time with family, etc. • Psychotherapy support
CONCLUSIONS • LEARN HOW TO OVERCOME DAYLY FRUSTRATIONS • LOOK AFTER YOURSELF
QUESTIONS • Can the Burnout syndrome export to other professions? • How can we detect this syndrome? • Is this syndrome a labour accident, a professional illness or both? • Is our society conscious of this problem?