Emotional burnout syndrome in workers in the main professions of coal enterprises

Abstract

Introduction. The miners labour is characterized by significant physical and mental stress, leading in workers to the deterioration of the adaptive potential and the development of an emotional burnout syndrome. The study aim was to identify the symptoms of the emotional burnout syndrome in workers of coal enterprises with long labour experience in the South of Kuzbass. Materials and methods. There was conducted survey in one hundred four coal industry workers in the South of Kuzbass who have occupational diseases and were treated at the Clinic of the Research Institute for Complex Problems of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, aged of 43 to 67 years with labour experience in harmful conditions from 25 to 32 years. The emotional burnout syndrome was assessed by the V.V. Boyko technique. A new Russian-language version of the DS14-RU questionnaire was used to determine the type of personality. Risk factors for the development of emotional burnout were studied using an original questionnaire. Results. The study showed 64.7% of the workers of the main occupations at coal enterprises in the South of Kuzbass with long labour experience to have one of the formed stages of the development of emotional burnout syndrome. The second stage of emotional burnout syndrome, which was formed in 37.5% of respondents, was the most widespread. The majority of miners associated key aspects of emotional burnout syndrome with emotional and moral disorientation of behaviour (90.4% of the respondents), reduction of occupational responsibilities (72.1% of the respondents), emotional deficit (68.8% of the workers), and inadequate selective emotional response (63.5% of the miners). The prevalence of the D personality type among the respondents was 56.5%, which was significantly higher than among the conventionally healthy employable population. Limitations. The study is limited by the number of examined patients undergoing treatment at the Clinic of the Research Institute for Complex Problems of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. Conclusion. The specificity of the emotional burnout syndrome and its leading symptoms in workers of the coal industry in the South of Kuzbass with long work experience in harmful conditions has been determined. The highest values were found at the second stage of emotional burnout. A high prevalence of the D personality type was identified among the interviewed persons