Síndrome de Burnout entre profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família

Abstract

Studies devoted to the workers health and well-being during labor activity, have been increasingly frequent and indicate that both the institutions and professionals, need to know, to prevent and treat the early symptoms of stress and health problems, to avoid the appearance of burnout syndrome, which is the subject studies in this work. This syndrome usually affects the professionals who are responsible for caring for another human being, especially health professionals. Several factors triggering the syndrome and exposure to daily stressors favors their development. Besides causing damage professionals, the syndrome causes personal and social losses, mainly caused by the activity being carried out by professional, resulting in the loss of profits by companies, high absenteeism and high cost with the removal of the professionals. These aspects justify the importance of this work, directed to the presence of burnout syndrome in professional Family Health Strategy.