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Quality of life at work and Burnout in family health strategy workers

Calidad de vida em el trabajo y agotamiento em trabajadores de la estrategia de salud de la família

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To analyze the correlation between quality of life at work and Burnout in workers in the Family Health Strategy.

Methods:

Correlational, cross-sectional study carried out with 112 workers, in the pandemic period (October/2020 to June/2021), in Palmas/Tocantins. The Quality of Work Life Assessment Questionnaire (QWLQ-bref) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) were used.

Results:

A strong negative correlation was identified between Emotional Exhaustion and the Physical/Health, Professional and Total Quality of Life Score at work; and moderate negative correlation between Depersonalization and all domains of Quality of Work Life. Professional Achievement showed a moderate positive correlation with the Psychological and Personal domains and with the Total Quality of Work Life Score.

Conclusion:

The best Quality of Work Life indices were correlated with lower Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization scores and higher scores of Professional Achievement.

Keywords:
Burnout; professional. Quality of life. Primary health care. National health strategies.

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