Título
Does nurses’ job-demands in fighting COVID-19 pandemic lead to higher levels of burnout?: Evidence from China
Autor
Wang Xiaohui
Resumo
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Os enfermeiros constituem um papel valioso no combate à Covid-19. A presente investigação
segue as orientações do modelo das exigências laborais e a análise da regressão linear múltipla,
a qual foi utilizada na investigação de informação de 336 enfermeiros de Guangdong, na China,
tendo sido selecionados 147 enfermeiros com baixa participação na Covid-19 e 189 com
elevada participação.
Os enfermeiros com uma maior participação no tratamento da Covid-19 relataram níveis
elevados da carga horária, melhoria da relação com os colegas e com o supervisor, inteligência
emocional e work engagement. A carga horária, as exigências emocionais e o conflito
trabalho-família influenciam significativamente no burnout dos enfermeiros, relacionando-se,
com menor expressão, a relação com os colegas e com o supervisor, o salário e a sua
independência no trabalho. A inteligência emocional interfere substancialmente na relação entre
a carga de trabalho e o burnout e na relação entre o burnout e a exigência emocional, em
contexto da Covid-19.
As análises de regressão do grupo com baixa participação na Covid-19 e do grupo com elevada
participação revelaram (considerando o coeficiente de regressão): (1) a carga horária não está
fortemente associada ao burnout em enfermeiros com maior participação na Covid-19; (2) as
exigências emocionais interferem consideravelmente no burnout em enfermeiros com maior
participação na Covid-19; (3) o conflito trabalho-família está estreitamente associado ao burnout
em enfermeiros com elevada participação na Covid-19.
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Nurses are an important force in fighting against the COVID-19. Guided by the Job Demands-
Resources model, the multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze data from 336
nurses in Guangdong, China. Among them, 147 nurses participated in the COVID-19 related
work less frequently, and the rest 189 participated more frequently.
The nurses who more frequently involved in COVID-19 work reported higher levels of
workload, relationships with colleagues and supervisor, and emotional intelligence, and they
were more engaged in their work. Nurses’ burnout is positively associated with workload,
emotional demands, and work-family conflict. And the burnout also negatively associated
with relationship with supervisor, remuneration, and independence of work. In addition,
nurses’ engagement is positively associated with their relationship with supervisor and
colleagues, remuneration, independence of work, and emotional intelligence. Emotional
intelligence moderates the positive relationship between workload and burnout, and the
positive relationship between emotional demands for COVID-19 and burnout.
Regression analyses of subgroups with low frequency COVID-19 work and high frequency
COVID-19 work revealed (judging from regression coefficient): 1) workload is not more
positively related to job burnout among nurses more frequently involved in COVID-19 work;
2) emotional demands for COVID-19 is more positively related to job burnout among nurses
more frequently involved in COVID-19 work; 3) work-family conflict is more positively
related to job burnout among nurses more frequently involved in COVID-19 work.