Supervisors info:
Κουλουλίας Βασίλειος, Επίκουρος καθηγητής Ιατρικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Μυστακίδου Κυριακή, Καθηγήτρια Ιατρικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Ζυγογιάννη Άννα, Επίκουρος καθηγήτρια, ΕΚΠΑ
Summary:
BACKGROUND: The increasing demands in the field of oncology care, concerning
either the increasing cases or the complexity and diversity of treatment choises or
the emotional charge due to the nature of professionals’ interface to the loss, seems
to lead on many of many of them to burnout and its well known results.
Furthermore, it seems that some professionals manage to sufficiently respond to this
work pressure and succeed to revert to their earlier functionality, an ability known as
Resilience.
TARGET: The purpose of this research is to count the burnout and Resilience, as well
as the relation between them to health professionals working in Oncology-Radiology
clinics.
METHOD: In this research, participated 106 professionals (response rate > 90%) of
ten public and private hospitals of Attica and, specifically, of their Oncology-
Radiology clinics.
RESULTS: The personnel showed low burnout rates and only the nurses scored
higher to MBI (Maslach Burnout Inventory) subscale of Emotional Exhaustion.
Moreover, it seemed that people with higher Resilience rates showed negative
correlation with MBI subcategory of Emotional Exhaustion and positive correlation
with the subcategory of Personal Achievements (in the same inventory).
CONCLUSION: The findings show that Resilience promotion can benefit health
professionals in demanding environments, in order to prevent or attenuate their
burnout. Further study of the results concerning the differences of the sample, in
comparison to the international bibliography, is necessary
Keywords:
Resilience, Burnout, Radiotherapy, Oncology
